Flash floods kill at least 21 people in southern Iran

Flash floods kill at least 21 people in southern Iran

Officials say 150 emergency responders and one aerial unit are working at the scene in the town of Estahban in Fars province.

Flash floods kill at least 21 people in southern Iran
Officials say 150 emergency responders and one aerial unit are working at the scene in the town of Estahban in Fars province.

The governor of Estahban, Yousef Kargar, said heavy rains on Friday in the central parts of Estahban county led to the flooding, according to state news agency IRNA.

Videos posted on local and social media showed cars caught in the rising waters and carried away while parents tried to rescue their children from the vehicles.

Khalil Abdollahi, head of the province’s crisis management department, told Reuters news agency at least 55 people were rescued in the flood, which submerged 15 cars.

The floods happened on a summer weekend in Iran, when families tend to head to cooler areas such as riversides, lakesides and valleys.

Drought and floods
Iran has endured repeated droughts over the past decade, but has also witnessed regular floods, a phenomenon made worse when torrential rain falls on sun-baked earth.
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