SHEIKH JALAL, May 12 (AFP): Emergency aid and rescue teams struggled on Sunday to reach areas of northern Afghanistan hardest hit by flash floods that killed hundreds, AFP journalists saw.
Heavy rains caused flash flooding in several provinces in Afghanistan on Friday.
Northern Baghlan was the worst impacted, with efforts to deliver aid hampered by destruction to roads and bridges wrought when the floods ripped through the province.
In Sheikh Jalal, about a two-hour drive from Burka, one of the most devastated areas, AFP journalists saw aid trucks full of food, military vehicles, rescue workers and local residents stuck where roads had been completely washed out.
The military was using heavy machinery to pave the way, as well as to free aid trucks stuck in the mud.
Rescuers struggle to reach Afghan flood-hit areas
FE Team | Published: May 12, 2024 22:19:43
Rescuers struggle to reach Afghan flood-hit areas
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