Heavy rain dampens search for dozens missing in Afghanistan flood
Heavy rain and warnings of further flooding dampened the search Tuesday for dozens of residents missing in eastern Afghanistan, after a major deluge smashed through one province killing at least 23 people.
While dozens of rescuers searched for the missing in Parun, the capital of Nuristan province, an AFP journalist heard two distant gunshots which people upstream fired to warn of more incoming flooding.
Around 100 people are unaccounted for, the national disaster agency and the provincial governor’s office said, also updating the death toll from Monday’s flood.
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