Iran news agency reports flash-flood death toll up to 44

  29 March 2019    Read: 1421
  Iran news agency reports flash-flood   death toll up to 44

Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency is reporting that the death toll from flash floods across the country has risen to 44 from 17, Trend reported citing Fox News.

The Thursday report quotes Hamidreza Khankeh, an official in the country's emergency medical services agency, as saying 44 people have died since Monday in 10 provinces.

Since March 19, many roads in Iran have been affected by heavy rainfall that caused flash flooding.


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