AFGHANISTAN: NATURAL DISASTERS IN THE EAST Flash Floods in Kamdesh District As of 8 August 2021 In response to severe flooding that took place on 29 July in Maherdish Village in Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, UN assistance was dispatched and distributed to 1,631 people. The aid included relief items, shelter supplies, tarpaulins, a two Takhar month supply of emergency food, and nutritional supplies for ! Pul-e-Khumri women and children. Badakhshan Barg-e-Matal Three mobile teams are providing basic health services in Baghlan Maherdish Village with the UN providing medicines and supplies. Medicine was also provided to people affected by floods in Rodat, Kot, Batikot and Dehbala Districts in Nangarhar Province and to the Laghman Department of Public Health. The Kamdesh needs assessment was led by the Afghan Red Crescent who Poruns ! Mandol also responded with humanitarian assistance. Panjsher Nuristan !Bazarak In 2021, 32,213 people in Afghanistan have been affected by Waygal Ghaziabad Nari natural disasters, most of whom were affected by floods. Last Duab Wama year, 108,721 people across Afghanistan were affected by natural disasters, including 80,201 people who were affected Barkunar ! Nurgeram Watapur Charikar ! Mahmud-e-Raqi Chapadara Dara-e-Pech Shigal Dangam by flooding and flash floods. Dawlatshah Kapisa Asadabad Kunar ! Parwan KEY FIGURES * Alingar Narang Sarkani Alishang Chawkay Laghman Dara-e-Nur Nurgal Mehtarlam 4,000 570 ! Khaskunar PAKISTAN Affected People Affected Families Kuzkunar !^ Kabul Qarghayi Affected People Goshta Jalalabad ! Kama 7 - 126 Maydanshahr ! 34 200 Surkhrod Behsud Batikot Lalpur People Injured People Missing Hesarak Chaparhar 127-294 Khogyani Rodat Muhmand Dara Nangarhar Shinwar 295 - 4,000 Sherzad Logar Kot 113 Durbaba 173 Dehbala Achin People Killed Pachieragam Houses Destroyed Nazyan ! Pul-e-Alam 60 Paktya Houses Damaged * Nuristan Province, Kamdesh District, Maherdish Village. Disclaimers: The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries Data sources: AGCHO, Natural disaster information: OCHA Field Offices and IOM Afghanistan Humanitarian Assistance Database (HADB). Creation date: 8 August 2021 Feedback: [email protected] Website: http://www.unocha.org/afghanistan http://afg.humanitarianresponse.info.