Tehran, IRNA – The Iranian Red Crescent Society has intensified its relief efforts in the flood-stricken regions in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, according to the head of the Red Crescent Society of Sistan and Baluchestan province.

Mohammad Mehdi Sajjadi told IRNA on Saturday that the relief efforts of the Red Crescent have reached 57,101 people.

The number of people living in emergency accommodation has reached 38,034 in the recent floods in southeastern Iran, he said.

Sajjadi added that since April 16, 13 cities of Sistan and Baluchestan have been affected by the rain and floods, and the biggest portion of relief efforts have been devoted to Konarak city.

Over the past few days, Bushehr, Khorasan Razavi, South Khorasan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Fars, Kerman, Hormozgan, and Yazd provinces have been affected by floods.

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