KABUL, May 6 (Reuters) - Floods caused by heavy rains have killed nearly 30 people and damaged more than 1,200 houses in Afghanistan in the past two weeks, the United Nations said. The floods had affected 10 of the country's 34 provinces and left hundreds without shelter, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement late on Tuesday. OCHA, the Afghan government and aid groups are coordinating aid efforts to help those affected. (Reporting by Sayed Salahuddin; Editing by Dean Yates)
Residents sit at a house located on a street flooded by Tocantins river in Maraba, north of Brazil May 5, 2009. Brazilian Civil Defense officials have confirmed the deaths of 15 ...
