Floods and inundation in more than 40 cities and counties in Iran; two people died due to natural disasters

Rivers overflowing and flooding caused by heavy rain over the past 48 hours in 12 Iranian provinces, including "39 counties, three cities, 26 villages, and 14 nomadic areas," left two people dead.

According to the Islamic Republic News Agency on Sunday, May 1, Mehdi Valipour, head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society's Relief and Rescue Organization, announced that in the past two days, the northwestern and western provinces of Iran, as well as the two provinces of Semnan and Yazd, were experiencing "heavy rainfall" and "river overflows and flooding."

According to Valipour, one of the victims was killed by "lightning and lightning" and the other in the flood in "Tehran's suburbs," and "emergency shelters have been provided for 133 people and rescue operations and transportation to safe places have been carried out for 35 people."

According to the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society's Relief and Rescue Organization, relief forces are still on standby.

Also, according to ISNA news agency, the initial estimate of the East Azerbaijan Governorate for the amount of damage caused by the flood is "60 billion tomans."

Also, according to Mohammad Allahbakhsh, head of the Ardabil Provincial Fisheries Department, the flood in Meshkinshahr caused mud to enter fish farms, resulting in the death of "30 tons of aquatic animals."

In West Azerbaijan Province, hail and flooding in Urmia alone damaged "1,247 hectares" of agricultural land and orchards, and according to Parviz Amjadi, head of the Urmia Agricultural Jihad, the orchards of "apples, grapes, and stone fruits in Chanqaralavi-e-Pol have been damaged by between 70 and 90 percent, and in the Zeinalo region by between 20 and 70 percent."

On the other hand, Mehr News Agency has reported that most of the alleys and streets of Yazd have been flooded, and water is flowing like a river in front of people's homes.

Video reports published in Iranian news agencies indicate that the streets in Javanroud, Kermanshah Province, have also been flooded.

In recent years, as the water crisis has spread, the occurrence of floods and inundations, as well as landslides and subsidence, has intensified in Iran.