A flash flood that swept through a southern city of Iran killed 15 people, state media reported on Tuesday, updating an earlier toll of six dead.
“After finding the last body of Halil River flood incident in Jiroft, a total of 15 are pronounced dead,” said the official IRNA news agency.
It also stated that the search and rescue effort had come to an end.
According to Iran’s ISNA news agency, almost all of the people murdered in Monday’s flood were citizens of Afghanistan who were living in the Islamic republic.
Jiroft is located in the south in the often desert province of Kerman.
Scientists claim that the possibility of more intense rainstorms and other extreme weather occurrences, such as droughts, is increased by climate change.
In the last ten years, Iran has seen both frequent floods and droughts, which are exacerbated by heavy rains falling on the sun-baked land.
In the southern region of Iran, in 2022, torrential rains resulted in damage estimated at $200 million and at least 80 fatalities.
