Videos posted on social media and Iranian news sites showed a sad scene Water flows into urban centers and residential areas.surging water Collapsed walls, swallowed cars As the video shows, trapped bystanders screamed for help, causing people to drown. In some areas The highway turned into a lake.
ancient city of Yazd, A UNESCO heritage site with narrow labyrinthine alleys, domed brick mud houses and ancient cooling features known as windcatchers, suffered terribly infrastructure damageand the historic part of the city was evacuated, local media reported. flock of sheep swept away by the flood.
Mehdi Balipur, head of emergency operations for the Iranian Red Crescent Society, told state television on Friday that most of the casualties came from the outskirts of Tehran. Imamzadeh Davud A breezy town on a mountain that attracts summer pilgrims to small religious shrines.
Some local officials and lawmakers said the level of flood destruction was caused in part by a lack of timely warning and emergency preparedness training, as well as unregulated development.
Lawmaker Mohsen Pirhadi, a member of the parliament’s Municipal Management Committee, said, “A series of mismanagement has resulted in much greater destruction and the death of many of our compatriots in the areas of Imamzadeh Daboud and Khan. It was done,” he said. Friday.
The United Arab Emirates has also seen record rainfall over the past few days. devastating flood Roads, shops, cars. The emirates of Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Fujairah are the worst hit. Fujairah According to local officials and media reports, it sees the heaviest rainfall in almost 30 years.
The United Arab Emirates Interior Minister said on Friday that floods had killed seven Asian expats. Media reports said at least 4,000 people were displaced into evacuation centers and many homes, businesses and livestock were badly damaged or destroyed.