2022 Afghanistan floods

2022 Afghanistan floods
Map of Afghanistan
DateMay - August 2022
LocationMost of Afghanistan
Deaths670
Property damage$2 billion USD[1]

In May 2022, floods affected several parts of Afghanistan, killing 429 people.[2][3] It was later reported the 182 people died due to flooding in August, as well as 40 people in July and 19 in June.[1][4][5] From June to August, just as the country was recovering from an earthquake in Khost Province, floods hit again, killing 19 in June, 39 in July, and 182 others in August.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ a b "Afghanistan Floods, Quakes Kill Over 1,500 People in Two Months". Bloomberg. 3 September 2022.
  2. ^ Richard Davies (5 May 2022). "Afghanistan – Flash Floods Cause Fatalities and Severe Damage".
  3. ^ "Recent floods in Afghanistan caused by incessant rain kill 400 people". business-standard.com. 23 June 2022. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Flash floods kill 18, injure 40 in Afghanistan's Kunar province". Xinhua News Agency. 29 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Heavy rains set off flash floods, killing 182 in Afghanistan". Arab News. 25 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Flash floods kill 18, injure 40 in Afghanistan's Kunar province". Xinhua News Agency. 29 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Heavy rains set off flash floods, killing 182 in Afghanistan". Arab News. 25 August 2022.
  8. ^ Richard Davies (13 July 2022). "Afghanistan – Thousands of Homes Damaged, 39 Lives Lost After More Flash Floods".