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At least 70 killed as storms, flash floods lash north Afghanistan

STORY: At least 70 killed as storms, flash floods lash north Afghanistan SHOOTING TIME: May 11, 2024 DATELINE: May 11, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:14 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of floods-affected villages STORYLINE: At least 70 people have been killed as storms and flash floods lashed north Afghanistan's Baghlan and Takhar provinces on Friday, local officials said. In Baghlan, the natural mishap hit Gozargah-e-Noor, Jelgah, Nahrin, Baghlan-e-Markazi and Barka districts, as well as the provincial capital of Pul-e-Khumri, Hedayatullah Hamdard, provincial director for the disaster management authority, said Friday. Meanwhile, foreign media quoted the United Nation's International Organization for Migration as saying that over 200 people were killed and thousands of houses were destroyed or damaged in Baghlan. Storms and floods also killed 20 people and injured 14 in Namak Ab, Ishkamish, Farkhar and Kafgan districts of Takhar province, Ahmad Sir Sajid, head of Takhar's disaste

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(5)Houses devastated by Afghan earthquake

NAHRIN, Afghanistan - Villagers walk past a fault left by the March 25 earthquake in Nahrin, northern Afghanistan, on March 27.

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(4)Houses devastated by Afghan earthquake

NAHRIN, Afghanistan - Photo taken March 27 shows the old town of Nahrin in northern Afghanistan, where many buildings were devastated by a strong earthquake early March 25.

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(1)Houses devastated by Afghan earthquake

NAHRIN, Afghanistan - A villager walks past the houses flattened by the March 25 earthquake in Nahrin, northern Afghanistan, on March 27.

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(3)Houses devastated by Afghan earthquake

NAHRIN, Afghanistan - An Afghan man who carried his belongings out of his heavily damaged house tells of the horror of the devastating earthquake in Nahrin, northern Afghanistan, on March 27.

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(2)Houses devastated by Afghan earthquake

NAHRIN, Afghanistan - Two Afghan families take shelter near their flattened houses in Nahrin, northern Afghanistan, on March 27.

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AFGHANISTAN-BAGHLAN-COALMINE-COLLAPSE

(220208) -- PUL-E-KHUMRI, Feb. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Afghans work at a coalmine in Chinarak area of Nahrin district of Baghlan province Feb. 7, 2022. Ten workers of a coalmine were dead and three others injured as the mine caved in in Nahrin district of northern Afghanistan's Baghlan province, head of the provincial Information and Culture Directorate Mawlawi Mustafa Hashimi said. (Str/Xinhua)

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