Overall Green alert Flood
in Afghanistan

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Flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1103252
Death: 7
Displaced: -
Countries: Afghanistan
From - To 02 May - 10 May

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Afghanistan - Floods and flash floods (ECHO 11 May 2025)Tue, 06 May 2025 10:33

  • Heavy rainfall bringing floods and flash floods have been affecting Badakhshan province in northeastern Afghanistan, causing fatalities, injuries and damage.
  • According to media, at 5 May, two people were killed and three injured. Roads and buildings, drinking water networks as well as farmland have been destroyed.
  • Over the next 48 hours, more rain is forecast across Afghanistan.
Afghanistan - Floods and flash floods, update (ECHO 20 May 2025)Thu, 15 May 2025 11:05

  • Heavy rainfall, accompanied by storms and thunderstorms, has brought floods and flash floods to the eastern and southeastern regions of Afghanistan from 5 to 10 May, resulting in fatalities and damage.
  • According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) – Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP), as at 11 May, seven people were killed, 33 injured, and 183 families affected. Homes and public infrastructure were damaged, and cropland and livestock losses were reported.
  • Over the next 4 days, only isolated moderate rain is forecast for the northeast of Afghanistan, with dry conditions over the rest of the country.
Afghanistan, Mid-May 2025UN OCHA and local media reported severe weather in Afghanistan between 05 and 10 May 2025.Fri 16 May 2025Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
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1 killed, 32 injured as flash flood sweeps E. Afghanistan 5/10/2025 8:23:00 AM.

KABUL, May 10 (Xinhua) -- At least one person has been confirmed dead and 32 others sustained injuries as a flash flood swept through parts of eastern Afghanistan''s Nangarhar province on Friday night, the state-run Bakhtar news agency repo
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1 killed, 32 injured as flash flood sweeps E. Afghanistan 5/10/2025 8:22:00 AM.

KABUL, May 10 (Xinhua) -- At least one person has been confirmed dead and 32 others sustained injuries as a flash flood swept through parts of eastern Afghanistan ''s Nangarhar province on Friday night, the state-run Bakhtar news agency....
1 killed, 32 injured as flash flood sweeps E. Afghanistan 5/10/2025 8:07:00 AM.

KABUL, May 10 (Xinhua) -- At least one person has been confirmed dead and 32 others sustained injuries as a flash flood swept through parts of eastern Afghanistan''s Nangarhar province on Friday night, the state-run Bakhtar news agency repo
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1 killed, 32 injured as flash flood sweeps E. Afghanistan 5/10/2025 8:05:00 AM.

KABUL, May 10 (Xinhua) -- At least one person has been confirmed dead and 32 others sustained injuries as a flash flood swept through parts of eastern Afghanistan''s Nangarhar province on Friday night, the state-run Bakhtar news agency repo
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (37), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),