TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has provided relief to around 2,300 flood-hit individuals in 20 provinces over the past three days.

From May 1 to 4, 148 relief teams consisting of 518 rescuers conducted some 94 rescue operations to provide relief to affected people, IRNA quoted Babak Mahmoudi, an official with the IRCS, as saying.

Relief teams provided emergency shelter accommodation for 34 individuals, transported 117 others to safe places, and removed water from 71 residential houses.

They also distributed 22 tents, 575 blankets, 335 mats, 209 food packages, 280 canned foods, 100 loaves of bread, and 42 hygiene packs among flood-hit people.

Rainfall increases by 16%

According to the Metrological Organization, since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20), the country has experienced an increase of 16 percent in precipitation compared to the same period a year before.

However, Tehran, Semnan, and Qazvin are among the provinces that have received severely low rainfall.

From March 20 till April 22, precipitations amounted to 43 mm which shows an increase of 16 percent compared to 37 mm long-term average rainfall.

Moreover, over the week, which ended on April 27, the country received a total of 11.9 mm of rain, which shows an increase of 89.9 percent compared to 6.2 mm in the long term.

According to statistics, Sistan-Baluchestan (54.9 percent), Yazd (35.9 percent), South Khorasan (14.7 percent), Golestan (3.6 percent), Kermanshah (1.9 percent), and Hamedan (1.6 percent) are the only provinces that have received more rainfall than the long-term average.

IRCS's recent services

The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) offered first-aid training services to more than four million people from March 14 to April 5.

Some 63,000 other people also received rescue services.

Among 4,370 operations and services carried out by the IRCS, 2,525 were rescue operations, ISNA quoted Mahmoudi as saying.

The IRCS provided emergency shelters for 3,931 individuals, treated 5,257 wounded people, and transferred 1,567 others to health centers.

Moreover, within the framework of a program initiated on March 14, more than four million individuals were trained in first aid by the IRCS trainers, and 400 others received online training.

Also, kids were made aware of natural hazards, such as floods and earthquakes, and other dangers using virtual reality or playing games.

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