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At least 16 dead in Iran floods
Tehran (AFP) Sept 10, 2008 At least 16 people have drowned in torrential rains and floods lashing western and southern parts of Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday. The flooding, which began late Tuesday, destroyed or damaged several villages in Chahar-Mahal Bakhtiari province in west of the country where 13 people were killed, it said. Another three people were killed and another three wounded in a violent storm in the southwestern city of Ahvaz in Khuzestan province. Electrical installations were damaged by winds packing more than 100 kilometres (60 miles) an hour and several homes were left without power. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Nearly one million evacuated from Indian floods: state
Patna, India (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Nearly one million people have been evacuated in India's Bihar state where a rain-swollen river burst its banks three weeks ago and swamped hundreds of villages, an official said Monday. |
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