Iran Expands Evacuations As New Rains to Worsen Floods
Many residents of Susangerd, with a population of about 50,000, and five other communities in the oil-rich southwestern province of Khuzestan were being moved to safer areas as officials released water from major river dams, according to Reuters.
“An evacuation order has been issued and we are recommending women and children to leave but we are asking the men and youth to stay and help us (in the rescue effort),” the provincial governor, Gholamreza Shariati, told state TV.
In the neighboring Lorestan province, seven villages threatened by landslides were to be evacuated, the television reported.
At least 70 people have been killed, the head of the country’s emergency services, Pirhossein Koulivand, told the state news agency IRNA.
About 1,900 cities and villages have been affected by floods after exceptionally heavy rains since March 19.
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