Iran floods death toll reaches 70; Six more towns evacuated in Iran with more floods expected

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Floods in Iran since March have killed 70 people the head of the emergency services said on Friday according to the official IRNA News Agency.

"The floods also injured 791 persons of which 45 are still hospitalised," Pirhossein Koolivand, the head of the national Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Organisation said.
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Iran has been hit by unprecedented flooding across most of the country in the last 19 days.
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The government said the flooding had damaged nearly 12,000 kilometres (7,500 miles) of roads, or 36 percent of the country's entire network.

https://www.france24.com/en/20190405-iran-floods-death-toll-reaches-70

Authorities in Iran are evacuating six more towns in the flood-hit south-western province of Khuzestan, Iranian state TV has reported.
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The evacuation orders came as a new round of flooding was expected.

Shariati said emergency discharges from dams and reservoirs were adding to the high floodwaters, but such measures were essential to prevent catastrophic breaches, with river waters continuing to rise upstream from the province.
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The interior minister, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, told state TV that about 400,000 people were at risk out of the province’s population of 5 million.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/06/iran-six-towns-evacuated-more-floods-expected