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In Brief: Afghan floods kill five
02 Apr 2009 12:42:07 GMT
Source: IRIN
KABUL, 2 April 2009 (IRIN) - Flash floods in different parts of the country over the past week have killed at least five and damaged hundreds of houses, Afghanistan's National Disasters Management Authority has said.

Avalanches in Daykundi Province, central Afghanistan, killed one woman and three children, while floods in Kandahar and Herat provinces killed one child and damaged over 500 houses and agriculture land, officials said.

In its weekly climate forecast, http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/retrieveattachments?openagent&shortid=RMOI-7QQ22L&file=Full_Report.pdf the US-based Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET) warned that rainfall "along with expected snow melt" could lead to localised floods during the week of 1-7 April. A powerful storm, slowly progressing across Iran on 31 March, should affect Afghanistan at the beginning of April, it said.

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