Kabul, April 7 – Three women were killed and two children were injured when a wall collapsed in Khost province, Afghanistan, due to heavy rainfall and flash floods, according to local media reports.
According to the spokesperson for the local governor, Mustaghfar Gurbaz, the incident occurred in the Gingini village in the Maton area of Khost on Monday. He stated that the wall collapsed due to recent rainfall, as the recent weather had weakened its structure. Gurbaz further added that the injured children were taken to a nearby health facility, where they are receiving treatment, as reported by Pajhwok Afghan News.
Meanwhile, at least 10 people were killed and six others were injured after heavy rains caused roofs to collapse in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, according to local officials. The most affected areas include Jalalabad, Sherzad, Khogyani, Haska Mina, and Angoor Bagh, as reported by Ariana News, based in Afghanistan, on Tuesday.
According to provincial authorities, five people were killed and two others were injured when the roof of a house collapsed in Angoor Bagh. Two women and two children were killed when the roof collapsed in the Sherzad district.
One person was killed and two others were injured in the Khogyani district. Two children were killed and two people were injured when the roofs of two houses collapsed in Haska Mina.
Authorities stated that the continued heavy rainfall poses a risk to homes and infrastructure, especially in rural and mountainous areas where buildings are often not constructed to withstand extreme weather.
On Monday, officials reported that at least 110 people and 160 others were injured due to heavy rains, flash floods, landslides, lightning strikes, and house collapses in Afghanistan over the past 12 days. Authorities stated that seven people remain missing, while fresh rainfall predictions have raised concerns that the death toll could rise further, as reported by Khaama Press.
Authorities said that 958 houses were completely destroyed, and another 4,155 homes were partially damaged, leaving thousands of families in urgent need of shelter and assistance. Over 325 kilometers of roads have been damaged, along with businesses, farmland, irrigation canals, and drinking water wells.