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SHEIKH JALAL, Afghanistan - The official death toll from devastating flash floods in northern Afghanistan has risen to 153 people across three provinces, the Taliban's interior ministry said on Saturday (May 11), while the World Food Progamme said it was double that.
Heavy seasonal rains have set off flash floods across Afghanistan, killing at least 137 people in one province, leaving at least 100 more missing and displacing thousands of others this weekend, officials said.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Flash floods from seasonal rains in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan killed at least 50 people on Friday, a Taliban official said.
Officials say residents were unprepared for the heavy flash floods, adding that the death toll could rise.