Flooding in Dezful and Shushtar Cities Following Heavy Rainfall
Iranian media outlets are reporting severe flooding in several areas of Khuzestan province, including the cities of Dezful and Shushtar, following heavy rainfall.
IRNA news agency reported on Sunday, November 30, citing the CEO of the Red Crescent Society of Khuzestan, that following this heavy rainfall, 40 families in Shushtar city have been affected, and rescue teams from the Red Crescent Society of Shushtar are providing emergency aid and setting up and equipping emergency accommodation camps in one of the area schools to house families affected by the flooding.
Continuing this report, the Khuzestan Meteorological Administration had previously issued a yellow alert regarding the entry of a widespread precipitation system in Khuzestan province from Saturday, November 29, until late Tuesday of the current week.
Images published on social media also indicate severe flooding in one of Shushtar city’s bazaars.
On the other hand, the director general of crisis management in Khuzestan announced in a conversation with ISNA news agency that Shushtar received approximately 40 millimeters of rainfall and Dezful 23 millimeters, making them the highest precipitation areas, and around 10 residential houses in Dezful were also affected by flooding. Although this news agency later reported on the clearance of the flooding.
Although southern Iranian cities have repeatedly witnessed severe and devastating floods in recent years, Islamic Republic officials have so far been unable to prevent extensive financial and human losses during such events.
Environmental activists, pointing to residents’ concerns about deteriorating neighborhoods regarding the collapse of their homes, say that the failure to dredge rivers following previous floods on one hand and the lack of any management in protecting the river path on the other hand has resulted in rivers lacking the necessary capacity to discharge water from rainfall.
Source: Voice of America
