The death toll from major floods swamping much of Iran over the past 15 days has risen to 62, according to Iranian Legal Medicine Organisation. Ghat’s only hospital has been flooded.The telecommunications network has been disrupted for days. In some areas, houses and crops have been destroyed. People reliant on their farmland as their sole source of income are set to face major challenges ahead.All 20,000 of Ghat’s inhabitants are now in need of humanitarian support. Shelter, food and basic items are urgently needed.UNHCR has immediately dispatched core relief items including family tents, mattresses, blankets, drinkable water, kitchen sets, solar lanterns, plastic sheets and clothes for an initial 400 families.

Source: Libya Today June 07, 2019 12:56 UTC