flooding

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  • 60m Iranians live in flood-prone areas 2022-12-06 20:57

    60m Iranians live in flood-prone areas

    TEHRAN – Some 60 million people in Iran are residing in flood-prone cities and villages, deputy head of the Natural Resources and Watershed Management Organization, Hooshang Jazi, said.

  • Flooding incurs loss of $1.5b nationwide 2022-08-28 21:00

    Flooding incurs loss of $1.5b nationwide

    TEHRAN – Initial estimates indicate that flash floods that started on August 7 in many parts of the country have caused as much as 440 trillion rials (about $1.5 billion) damage so far.

  • Council established to safeguard Yazd’s cultural heritage 2022-08-14 21:25

    Council established to safeguard Yazd’s cultural heritage

    TEHRAN—Iran’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts has established a special council tasked with monitoring and protecting historical monuments, sites, and centuries-old traditions in Yazd province.

  • Which wetlands refilled in flooding? 2022-08-03 16:59

    By Faranak Bakhtiari

    Which wetlands refilled in flooding?

    TEHRAN – The recent floods caused by monsoon rains, while affecting two-thirds of the Iranian plateau and leaving many people dead and injured, have refilled dried rivers, streams, and dams.

  • Floods in 17 provinces leave 14 dead, 11 missing 2022-07-29 16:48

    Floods in 17 provinces leave 32 dead, 25 missing

    TEHRAN – Flash flooding in 17 provinces of the country has so far claimed 32 lives and left 25 people missing.

  • Flash flooding in southern Iran claims 17 lives, tens affected 2022-07-23 11:04

    21 killed, tens affected as flooding hits southern Iran

    TEHRAN - A devastating flood in the city of Estahban, southern Fars province, has left 21 people dead, as rescuers are continuing to hunt for two missing people.

  • Flooding hits over 70 cities across Iran 2022-05-06 17:21

    Flooding hits over 70 cities across Iran

    TEHRAN – Flood has stricken 73 cities in 17 provinces across the country over the past ten days, the ISNA news agency reported on Friday.

  • Kerman floods: historical sites affected 2022-01-19 22:00

    Kerman floods: historical sites affected

    TEHRAN – Recent floods in Kerman have inflicted damage to some historical sites across the southern Iranian province. Local authorities have said the flooding has never brought and historical site down to earth but the extent of damage is unclear.

  • Flooding hits southern Iran, leaving 8 dead 2022-01-04 16:19

    Flooding hits southern Iran, leaving 8 dead

    TEHRAN – Torrential rain has triggered flooding in southern provinces of the country, claiming eight lives so far.

  • Flood reveals centuries-old inscription in Iranian village 2021-08-04 20:00

    Flood reveals centuries-old inscription in Iranian village

    TEHRAN – A recent flood triggered the dramatic discovery of a centuries-old inscription, which was found by the locals on the riverbank in Zanjan province.

  • Flooding leaves 5 dead, injured in 7 provinces 2021-08-03 17:59

    Flooding leaves 5 dead, injured in 7 provinces

    TEHRAN – Severe rain triggered flooding in seven provinces of the country, which have claimed three lives, and two went missing, spokesman or the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has announced.