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STORY: UNDP / AFGHANISTAN FLOODS
TRT: 1:17
SOURCE: UNDP
RESTRICTIONS: CREDIT UNDP ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: NATS / ENGLISH / DARI / PASHTO
DATELINE: MAY 2024 - BAHGLAN PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN
RECENT - Baghlan Province, Afghanistan:
1. Med shot, teenager walking through mud
2. Wide shot, damaged furniture being pulled out of flooded area
3. Tracking shot, flooded Baghlan streets
4. SOUNDBITE(Dari) Sayed Alem, Flood survivor:
“We don’t have access to water or food. The flood has washed away our wheat, flour, and dishes. Additionally, we don’t have a place to sleep.”
5. Various shots, man walking into his flooded
6. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Sima, Flood survivor:
“My entire house has been submerged in water, and I have lost all of my belongings.”
7. Wide shot, flooded pathway to houses
8. Wide shot, the front of a house with flooded neighborhood
9. Med shot, dead cattle on ground
10. SOUNDBITE (English0 Khushnid Sattarov, UNDP Area Manager for Northeast Region of Afghanistan:
“We’ve seen destroyed houses, schools, hospitals. So, people have lost their livelihoods. Children, as you can see, they cannot go to school.”
11. Wide shot, man walking towards houses with scattered furniture everywhere
12. Pan right, flooded inside of a house
13. Tracking shot, women and children waiting outside
14. Med shot, little girl playing on muddy equipment
15. Med shot, man sitting on muddy furniture with two children
16. Wide shot, destroyed town and muddy car
17. Tilt up, scattered clothes and blankets to houses
Heavy rains and floods have claimed hundreds of lives and destroyed thousands of homes in northeastern Afghanistan.
Heavy rains on 10 and 11 May led to flash floods in northeastern Afghanistan, resulting in 180 fatalities, over 240 injuries, and destroying nearly 9,000 homes, leaving thousands without shelter, damaging local roads, bridges, schools, and health facilities across Baghlan, Badakhsan, and Takhar provinces.
Heavy rains 17 and 18 May in Faryab and Ghor provinces (northern and western regions) left at least 134 dead, hundreds missing, and thousands losing homes and livelihoods. More than half of the people affected are women and children.
The latest crisis exacerbates the already large humanitarian challenges Afghanistan faces. Currently, 23 million people need humanitarian assistance, including 15.8 million facing food insecurity. These issues are compounded by an economic crisis and weak governance institutions. Ranked among the top six most climate-impacted countries globally, Afghanistan confronts severe climate change effects.
Recurrent droughts, floods, and earthquakes worsen the situation, severely impacting communities and straining the already limited availability of resources.
The affected areas require significant support, from emergency shelter, essential supplies, such as food, clean water, medical assistance, debris clearing, rehabilitation of critical community infrastructure and restoring income and livelihoods.
