Vehicles carried away by rising waters after heavy rainfall in the largely arid country
Flooding in southern Iran has killed at least 22 people and left one person missing after heavy rainfall in the largely arid country, a local official has said.
Rescue workers carrying the body of a victim after flooding in Estahban county, Fars province, southern Iran.A Red Crescent official earlier put the death toll at 21, with two people missing. “A number of local people and sightseers who had gone to the riverside and were present in the riverbed were caught in the flood due to the rise in the water level,” Kargar added.
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