People of Nangarhar fear the restart of storms and rainfall

Despite two days passing since the heavy rainfall, storms, and hail in Nangarhar province, the sky remains cloudy, and people fear the restart of these natural disasters. Victims of these events say the situation has not yet returned to normal and they live in extreme fear.

According to the Taliban government’s Ministry of Public Health, from dawn to dusk on Tuesday in Nangarhar, 47 people lost their lives and 350 others were injured due to heavy rain, hail, and storms. Additionally, the international organization Save the Children reported that these incidents killed 40 people and left 1,500 children homeless in Nangarhar, Laghman, and Kunar.

Save the Children stated that in the districts affected by floods and storms in these three provinces, 1.36 million people live, of which 858,000 are children. Also, quoting Taliban government officials, 400 houses have been destroyed by storms and rainfall in these areas.

Humanitarian aid from the World Food Programme (WFP), the Taliban government’s Ministry of State for Disaster Management, and other relief teams has been sent to Nangarhar, and the distribution of aid to those affected has begun.

In addition to Nangarhar, on Monday, floods claimed the lives of 5 people in Kunar and one person in Kapisa. In recent days, heavy rainfall, hail, floods, and storms in Nangarhar, Kunar, Nuristan, Badakhshan, and Panjshir provinces have destroyed public facilities, roads, agricultural lands, and people’s orchards, but accurate information about the extent of the damage is not yet available.