Scores killed in Afghan floods

Source: Al Jazeera English

At least 94 people have been killed and thousands of families left homeless after days of flooding and landslides in northern Afghanistan, the United Nations has said.

According to the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) about 8,000 houses have been destroyed across five provinces.

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Sheilagh Henry, an Ocha field co-ordinator, said: "In Balkh province about 1,500 families need emergency assistance."

She said that more than 2,000 families were also affected by floods in Herat province; about 800 families were hit in Badghis province and hundreds more were affected in several other provinces.

Aid agencies are concerned that more rainfall and rapidly melting snow will worsen the situation.

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