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Iran – 8 Dead as Flash Floods and Storms Affect 15 Provinces
Floodlist ^ | July 20, 2021 | Richard Davies

Posted on 07/20/2021 7:43:22 PM PDT by Aquamarine

Flash flooding, storms and heavy rainfall have affected 15 provinces of Iran over the last week, causing fatalities, displacements and emergency rescues.

The recent spate of severe weather began on 14 July 2021. It has since affected areas in the provinces of East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan, Alborz, Isfahan, Bushehr, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Kerman, Fars, Sistan and Baluchestan, Semnan, Mazandaran, Hormozgan, Yazd and Kurdistan.

The Red Crescent said 2,578 people were affected, 611 people have been displaced from their homes and 58 people had to be rescued.

According to Red Crescent reports, 7 people died in floods while 1 person was killed as a result of lightning strike. Among the fatalities are two people who went missing after vehicles were swept away by flash floods in Baft county, Kerman Province on 17 July. More people are thought to be missing and search and rescue operations are continuing. Fatalities were also reported in Osku in East Azerbaijan and Darab city in the east of Fars province, among other areas.

(Excerpt) Read more at floodlist.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: flood; iran

1 posted on 07/20/2021 7:43:22 PM PDT by Aquamarine
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To: Aquamarine

Israel to blame in 3,2,1.


2 posted on 07/20/2021 7:53:22 PM PDT by Trueblackman (I'm positive that Slow Joe mistakes paint thinner for coffee each morning. )
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To: Trueblackman

That or global warming or the unvaccinated.


3 posted on 07/20/2021 8:02:33 PM PDT by Aquamarine (The vaccine was the weapon; covid was just the excuse. - Little Linda)
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To: Trueblackman

Biden’s fault for sure.

If he stepped down, notice the change for the better in about everything, everywhere, everybody and every bowel movement.


4 posted on 07/20/2021 8:15:27 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: Aquamarine

dont forget the newest scapegoat, republicans and conservatives are now a national security threat


5 posted on 07/20/2021 8:20:28 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Aquamarine

China. Biblical floods

Iran. Biblical floods.

Whose in charge little children ???

The LORD. OF THE ANCIENTS. OF ALL TIME.

ON THIS LITTLE ROCK. AND THE WHOLE UNIVERSE !!


6 posted on 07/20/2021 8:30:37 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (Arizona !!!! Now the TRUMP TRAIN is getting back on TRACK ! TRUTH! FREEDOM ! LIBERTY! )
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To: Aquamarine

Weaponized weather.


7 posted on 07/20/2021 9:03:28 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Aquamarine
Whatever. Shiite happens.

8 posted on 07/20/2021 9:16:37 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ("Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration." — Thomas Edison)
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To: Aquamarine

Does that mean they’re all coming here now?


9 posted on 07/20/2021 9:48:47 PM PDT by bluejean (Living one day at a time in the national psych ward.)
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To: Aquamarine

Last week they were rioting for water.
They got it, good and hard.


10 posted on 07/21/2021 8:03:09 AM PDT by Vinnie ( )
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