State TV: Flash floods kill 19, wreck at least 50 homes in Iran
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Heavy rains led to flash floods that killed at least 19 people and injured four others in southwestern Iran, the country's state TV reported Wednesday.
According to the report, the flooding hit the southwestern Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari province on Tuesday night. The waters wrecked more than 50 homes and 740 acres, or 300 hectares, of farmland.
At least 1,030 cattle perished, and the floods also destroyed five fish-breeding facilities, the TV report added.
The report quoted local official Sattar Farhadi as saying that the towns of Kohrang and Ardal, and surrounding villages were the hardest hit, with hundreds of families left homeless.
Flash floods are rare in southwestern Iran.
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