Floods kill at least 22 in southern Iran
A handout photo.Rescuers work following the flood in Estahban county in southern Iran, on July 23, 2022.
PHOTO: Reuters via Iranian Red Crescent Society/WANA (West Asia News Agency)
PUBLISHED ONJuly 24, 2022 2:48 AM
DUBAI - At least 22 people were killed in flash floods caused by heavy rains in Iran's southern province of Fars, a provincial official said on Saturday (July 23).
There was at least one person missing, said Khalil Abdollahi, head of the province's crisis management department, quoted by the semi-official news agency Tasnim.
He said 55 people had been rescued in the flood which submerged 15 cars.
The governor of Fars province declared Sunday a day of mourning, state media said.
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