60 large cities, 140 smaller ones and more than 500 villages have been affected
More than 80 people died and 30 are still missing in the Iran more than a week after the floods that swept several areas of the country, official sources announced today.
Since the beginning of the month Mordant (as of July 23), “59 people have died and 30 are reported missing due to the floods,” Yaqub Suleimani, secretary general of the Iranian Red Crescent, said, according to the official IRNA news agency.
An account in which the 22 deaths are added which were announced on July 22 after torrential rains in the south of the country.
A largely arid country, Iran faces recurring droughts this decade and frequent floods caused by torrential rains.
According to Soleimani, 60 major cities have been affected, 140 smaller and more than 500 villagesin a country of 83 million inhabitants.
The province of the capital Tehran was the most affected, with 35 dead, while in that of Mazandaranin the north, 20 people have not yet been found, according to the same source.
President Ibrahim Raisi visited the Firouzkukh regioneast of Tehran, according to his office.
As reported by the state television network IRIB, Agriculture Minister Javad Sadatinejad estimated the amount of damage in the agricultural sector at almost 195 million euros.
According to the Iranian Meteorological Center, the north and south of the country are expected to be hit by new rains in the coming days.
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