Two others were killed in Herat and another in Sar-e Pul province, he said. 500 houses destroyed and @17 people have been killed as result of flash #floods in #western Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/FzqNMqiMGs — Mahboob Mahzooz (@MMahzooz) March 30, 2019The floods worsen an already desperate situation. Hundreds of thousands of people are displaced in western Afghanistan from last year's severe drought. Floods have destroyed hundreds of homes, some historic sites, thousands of acres of farmland, bridges and highways, said Jilani Farhad, a spokesman for Herat province.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 30, 2019 10:07 UTC