A person clears the rubble of his broken home, which collapsed after heavy rains in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in Pakistan, on March 30, 2026.
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Heavy rain and storms have killed not less than 45 individuals over the previous few days throughout Afghanistan and Pakistan, catastrophe officers in each international locations stated Monday (March 30, 2026).
Rain sweeping throughout Afghanistan since Thursday (March 26, 2026) has brought about floods and landslides in a number of provinces.
“Twenty-eight individuals have been martyred, and 49 individuals have been injured,” Afghanistan’s catastrophe administration authority (ANDMA) stated, whereas greater than 100 houses have been destroyed.
Throughout the border in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, 17 individuals have been killed and 56 wounded since Wednesday (March 25, 2026), the provincial catastrophe administration authority stated.
These killed in Afghanistan embrace a 14-year-old boy struck by lightning within the northwestern Badghis province, police spokesman Sediqullah Seddiqi informed AFP.
Residents carry the shroud-wrapped physique of a person, who died after heavy rains, throughout a funeral in Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, on March 30, 2026.
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In the identical province, Seddiqi stated “three individuals drowned whereas attempting to get better driftwood to make use of for heating”.
The stormy climate additionally destroyed not less than 130 houses, whereas greater than 430 homes have been broken, ANDMA stated.
In central Daikundi, the provincial catastrophe administration division stated a five-year-old was killed when a roof collapsed.
A girl was killed in the identical circumstances in japanese Nangarhar, which borders Pakistan, in accordance with police spokesman Sayed Tayeb Hamad.
Afghanistan’s catastrophe administration authority warned individuals to steer clear of “rivers and flooded streams and observe the climate forecast severely”.
The climate has already prompted the closure of a number of highways, officers in central and japanese Afghanistan stated, with additional rain and storms forecast for Tuesday (March 31, 2026).
The most recent casualties observe greater than 60 individuals being killed in snow and heavy rain that hit Afghanistan in January.
Afghanistan regularly experiences lethal floods, landslides and storms, significantly in distant areas with fragile infrastructure.
Among the many poorest international locations on this planet after many years of warfare, Afghanistan is especially uncovered to the consequences of local weather change, which scientists say is spurring excessive climate.
Revealed – March 30, 2026 10:48 pm IST