Flash floods kill 1, injure 3 in east Afghanistan

STORY: Flash floods kill 1, injure 3 in east Afghanistan DATELINE: July 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: KHOST, Afghanistan CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of people cleaning debris at the flood-affected area in Khost province, Afghanistan STORYLINE: Heavy rains and flash floods claimed one life and injured three others in eastern Afghanistan's Khost province on Sunday, Kalim Gul Abid, the provincial director for Natural Disaster Management Authority, said Monday. The rainstorms, which triggered flash floods in parts of Khost province on Sunday, killed a child and injured three others in Garbaz district, the official added. At least 25 houses have been destroyed in the provincial capital Khost city and other parts of Khost province due to the floods, the official said. Natural disasters have claimed more than 150 lives and injured more than 220 others over the past three months in Afghanistan, according to Shafiullah Rahimi, a spokesman for the Natural Disaster Management Authority. Xinhua Ne

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(230711) -- KHOST, July 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man cleans debris at the flash flood-affected area in Khost Province, Afghanistan, July 11, 2023. Heavy rains and flash floods claimed one life and injured three others in eastern Afghanistan's Khost province on Sunday, Kalim Gul Abid, the provincial director for Natural Disaster Management Authority, said Monday. (Photo by Yusuf Mangal/Xinhua)

Earthquake jolts Afghanistan, 14 injured, numerous houses destroyed

STORY: Earthquake jolts Afghanistan, 14 injured, numerous houses destroyed DATELINE: July 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:53 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of a quake-hit area in Paktika province, Afghanistan, and local residents STORYLINE: An earthquake jolted parts of Afghanistan on Monday afternoon, injuring at least 14 people and destroying scores of houses, officials said Tuesday. According to U.S. geological survey, the quake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale occurred at 4:30 p.m. local time and largely shocked the previously quake-hit Gayan and Barmal districts of the eastern Paktika province, leaving 12 people injured, provincial head of information and culture, Bilal Hazifa said. Local official Kalim Gul told Xinhua that similarly, the tremor injured two people and destroyed 18 houses in Spera district of the neighboring Khost province. According to locals, about 30 tremors have been felt in Gayan district since Monday. The state-run Bakhtar news agency has also reported fr