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Floods in Samangan leave one dead
(Last Updated On: April 4, 2023)
Local officials in Samangan province say a woman died on Monday in flash floods in the province.
Samangan Information and Culture Director Mawlavi Firozuddin Munib said the victim’s name was Bibi Fatima, and that she drowned in the flood waters.
According to sources, the flood waters raged through Kokjar village of Hazrat Sultan district in Samangan after heavy rain.
Sources also confirmed that dozens of houses, more than 20 shops and hundreds of acres of agricultural land were destroyed along with an unknown number of livestock.
The Roi Doab district of Samangan was also hit by floods and farmers lost more than 1,000 livestock on Saturday.