Afghanistan Peace CampaignLocal officials told TOLOnews that the death toll from this incident may increase further.
The number of victims from storms and heavy rainfall in Nangarhar has risen to 40 dead and 350 injured.
The injured, affected by severe rainfall and storms in Jalalabad city and the districts of Surkh Rod, Behsud, Batikot, and other areas of Nangarhar, are currently receiving treatment at the regional hospital.
Some of the injured report that the sudden rain and storm caused the roofs of their houses to collapse, leaving them with no chance to save their lives.
Zakirullah, one of the injured, said: “Yesterday, I was on my way home when suddenly a storm started with hail; the sky darkened, and we lost our way.”
Gul Rahim, another injured personu, said: “When the hail started, I sat by a wall, and then the wall collapsed on me.”
Zabihullah, a relative of the victims, saying: “Two of my nieces, who were on their way to school, had a wall collapse on them, and both of them were martyred right there.”
After this tragic incident, dozens of young volunteers went to the regional hospital in Nangarhar to donate blood and donated thousands of ccs of blood for the injured.
Hussain, a resident of Nangarhar, said: “When we heard about the flood and that there were patients, injured, and dead, we came here to share the grief with our fellow citizens and donate blood.”
Hakimullah, an employee of the regional hospital’s blood bank, said: “We have a lot of blood; people are donating blood with sincerity and honesty.”
On the other hand, Nangarhar health officials say that just last night, the operations of 55 urgent injured people who had been transferred from the incident site to the regional hospital were performed, and some other minor injured people were discharged after treatment.
Aminullah Sharif, the head of Nangarhar public health, said: “The exact number brought to our clinics so far is 350 injured, and 28 bodies were brought to our regional hospital, and later during operations, four more people were martyred.”
While Nangarhar witnessed severe rainfall and storms, yesterday in Kunar province, due to flooding, 5 people, including women and children, lost their lives, and significant financial losses were also incurred.