Overall Green Flood
in Afghanistan

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1103848
Death: 9
Displaced: -
Countries: Afghanistan
From - To 22 Apr - 24 Apr

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Flood in Afghanistan - EC/ECHO daily mapTue, 28 Apr 2026 18:48

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Afghanistan - Flash floods (ECHO 10 May 2026)Tue, 05 May 2026 10:05

  • Very heavy rainfall has been affecting seven provinces of Afghanistan since 24 April, causing flash floods that have resulted in casualties and damage. The affected provinces are Faryab, Badghis, Baghlan, Bamiyan, Badghis, Ghor and Sar-e Pul.
  • The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) reports, as of 5 May, 16 fatalities, two still missing persons, nine injured people and a total of nearly 3 600 affected people across the aforementioned affected provinces. In addition, the IFRC also reports 510 damaged houses (of which a number are completely destroyed) across the affected area. Humanitarian partners have continued scaling up response efforts following rains and floods since late March. Further to the interventions through ongoing actions, ECHO supports the Afghan Red Cross  through IFRC’s Disaster Response Emergency Fund (DREF) with EUR 175 000. 
  • Over the next 5 days, no rainfall is forecast over most of the country.
Afghanistan - Flash floods, update (ECHO 13 May 2026)Fri, 08 May 2026 09:40

  • Very heavy rainfall affected seven provinces of Afghanistan since 24 April, causing flash floods that have resulted in more casualties and damage. The affected provinces are Faryab, Badghis, Baghlan, Bamiyan, Badghis, Ghor and Sar-e Pul.
  • According to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), as of 8 May, the death toll stands at 16 fatalities, with nine injured people. In addition, UN OCHA also reports a total of approximately 73 300 affected people (of whom around 56 900 are in need of assistance) and approximately 7 500 damaged houses (of which an uncertain number are completely destroyed) across the affected area.
  • Over the next 72 hours, no more rainfall is forecast over the whole country.
Afghanistan, Late April 2026Local media reported heavy rain and flooding in areas of Afghanistan in late April 2026.Fri 24 Apr 2026Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Flash flood kills 3, damages residential houses in N. Afghanistan 4/25/2026 1:07:00 PM.

KABUL, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Flash floods triggered by heavy rainfall killed three people and damaged dozens of homes in northern Afghanistan''s Baghlan province, a local official said on Saturday. Hedayatullah Hamdard, head of the provincia
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Flash flood kills 3, damages residential houses in N. Afghanistan 4/25/2026 1:05:00 PM.

KABUL, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Flash floods triggered by heavy rainfall killed three people and damaged dozens of homes in northern Afghanistan''s Baghlan province, a local official said on Saturday. Hedayatullah Hamdard, head of the provincia
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Flash flood kills 3, damages residential houses in N. Afghanistan 4/25/2026 12:48:00 PM.

KABUL, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Flash floods triggered by heavy rainfall killed three people and damaged dozens of homes in northern Afghanistan ''s Baghlan province, a local official said on Saturday. Hedayatullah Hamdard, head of the provinci
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Flash flood kills 3, damages residential houses in N. Afghanistan 4/25/2026 12:30:00 PM.

KABUL, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Flash floods triggered by heavy rainfall killed three people and damaged dozens of homes in northern Afghanistan''s Baghlan province, a local official said on Saturday. Hedayatullah Hamdard, head of the provincia
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (3), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),