Apr 11, 2023, 12:05 PM
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Iran issues red alert as floods loom

Apr 11, 2023, 12:05 PM
News ID: 85079841
Iran issues red alert as floods loom

Tehran, IRNA – The Iran Meteorological Organization has issued a red alert over torrential rains in western and northwestern areas of Iran, warning of the probability of floods in seven provinces on Wednesday and Thursday.

The organization said on Tuesday that torrential rains will begin tomorrow in West and East Azarbaijan, Kordestan, Lorestan, Khuzestan, Zanjan, and Hamedan provinces.

On Thursday, there will be heavy rains in Khuzestan, Lorestan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Ilam, Kermanshah, Kordestan, West Azarbaijan, East Azarbaijan, Hamedan, Markazi, Qazvin, Alborz, Tehran, Ardabil, Fars, Bushehr, Isfahan, Zanjan, Mazandaran and Gilan provinces, it said.

It added, however, that Tuesday’s rains will be limited to the two provinces of West Azarbaijan and Kordestan.

Meanwhile, the head of the Road Management and Road Transport Organization’s crisis management department said road management teams were dispatched to the provinces for which floods have been forecasted.

The rains will cause flash floods in canals and seasonal rivers, blockage of rural roads, and disruption of roads, Gholam Abbas Bahraminia explained.

Bahraminia also advised people in high-risk areas not to travel to open countryside, to avoid mountaineering, and to stay clear of river beds, banks, and canals.

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