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Death toll from Iran flooding reaches 77

Death toll from Iran flooding reaches 77

Iran evacuated residents from inundated areas of the southwestern city of Ahvaz today as the nationwide death toll from the worst flooding in 70 years reached 77, state media reported. More than 200 villages were also evacuated in …

Flood death toll in Iran reaches 67 as rescue continues

Flood death toll in Iran reaches 67 as rescue continues

The death toll from spring floods in Iran reached 67 as rescue workers pulled one more body from a river in the northern province of Mazandaran, Tasnim news agency reports. According to Ahmad Shojaee, the highest number of casualties …

Iran flood death toll increases

Iran flood death toll increases

As many as 25 people have been killed as a result of the flooding in Iran, according to the Iranian Red Crescent Society. Head of the Relief and Rescue Organization of the Iranian Red Crescent Society Morteza Salimi …

Two cites in Iran's Golestan to be evacuated

Two cites in Iran's Golestan to be evacuated

The Iranian authorities decided to evacuate people from the two cites - Gomishan and Siminshahr, the deputy governor of the Golestan province said. The population of Gomishan is 19191 people, the population of Siminshahr - …

Iran ‘covered’ with snowstorms

Iran ‘covered’ with snowstorms

The unusual weather is observed in Iran - in 17 provinces of the republic, there are devastating blizzards, accompanied by no less severe flooding. According to Trend, in total, about 3.3 thousand families suffered from the disaster, …

Heavy rains kill 35 people in Saudi Arabia

Heavy rains kill 35 people in Saudi Arabia

Thirty five people have died in Saudi Arabia over the past few days as a result of heavy rains and subsequent floods, the Saudi Gazette reported. In the meantime, rescue services have evacuated nearly 4000 people from flood-stricken …

Floods injure more than 700 people in Russia's Kuban

Floods injure more than 700 people in Russia's Kuban

More than 700 people have been injured in the flood caused by heavy rains in the Krasnodar Region, regional medical services said. "To date, there are 722 injured people, 26 of whom were hospitalized, 690 are treated on an …

Number of injured in south Russia floods grows to 145

Number of injured in south Russia floods grows to 145

The number of those injured in floods in south Russia’s Krasnodar Region has reached 145, and 13 of them have been hospitalized, a source in the region’s emergency services said on Sunday, TASS reports. Earlier reports said …

Putin pledges support for Kuban flood victims

Putin pledges support for Kuban flood victims

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Governor of the Krasnodar Region Veniamin Kondratyev and Emergencies Minister Yevgeny Zinichev to offer assistance to flood victims in the region …

Georgia's Adjara and Samegrelo regions flooded

Georgia's Adjara and Samegrelo regions flooded

Heavy rain has caused flooding in Georgia’s western Adjara and Samegrelo regions today.  Dozens of houses have been flooded in the coastal town of Batumi, with several residents using surfboards on the streets to move. …

Heavy rains flood number of regions in eastern Georgia

Heavy rains flood number of regions in eastern Georgia

Powerful rain has resulted in the flooding of houses and streets in the Gardabani, Gori, Signagi and Lagodekhi municipalities last night. A total of 15 citizens have been evacuated from 11 houses in Krtsanisi, Gardabani municipality, …

Georgia uses army in response emergency situation in Mestia

Georgia uses army in response emergency situation in Mestia

Georgia's parliament has held an extraordinary session to approve sending the military equipment to the disaster zone in Chuberi after landslide caused flooding resulting in damage of motorways, bridges and houses. After …

Astana Airport runs risk of flooding

Astana Airport runs risk of flooding

The Lake Maibalyk near Astana poses a flooding risk to the city airport, Kazakh Deputy Interior Minister Yury Ilyin said at a roundtable held at the parliament's lower house. Due to heavy rainfall in the near future …

Heavy rainfall hit western Georgia

Heavy rainfall hit western Georgia

Heavy rainfall last night has caused major infrastructural problems in several regions in western Georgia. Several villages in the Kobuleti Municipality in the coastal Adjara region were drastically flooded.  Small …

Flood in Turkey's Rize kills one person

Flood in Turkey's Rize kills one person

One person died and another was injured under the wreckage of the house that had collapsed due to the flood in Rize's Çayeli District of Turkey. The flood was caused by the heavy rain, Turkish media reported. …

Southwestern Turkey suffers natural disasters

Southwestern Turkey suffers natural disasters

Heavy rain caused a landslide and flooding in the Turkish province of Denizli. According to local media reports, one of the roads was completely closed due to the landslide. Some basements are flooded.  The work …

Death toll rises to 42 in northwest Iran's floods

Death toll rises to 42 in northwest Iran's floods

The death toll of the recent flooding in Iran's northwestern provinces has risen to 42 people, IRIB TV reported. Among the dead, 36 were from Ajab-Shir and Azar-Shahr regions in East Azerbaijan Province, five from Kurdistan Province …