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Red Crescent has deployed its relief teams to support flood-affected households in Estahban, Darab and Neyriz in Fars province. According to local officials, 21 people have lost their lives following the massive flood in Estahban. (Iranian Red Crescent, 24 Jul 2022)

Heavy rainfall has been affecting south-western Iran (particularly Fars province) since 22 July, triggering rivers overflow (in particular the Roudbal river) floods and flash floods and that have resulted in casualties and damage. Media report, as of 25 July, 22 fatalities, two persons still missing and around 90 injured people across ten villages in the aforementioned province. The worst affected areas are the villages nearby Estahban city. (ECHO, 25 Jul 2022)

Flash floods and mudslides caused by heavy rains in the early hours of 28 July have left seven dead, nine injured and 19 missing in Imamzadeh Davood, a religious shrine in north-western Tehran. Search and rescue operation by the Iranian Red Crescent Society in Tehran Province has been ongoing with 121 relief workers, 10 rescue dog teams and 20 operational vehicles deployed to rescue the affected households and search for the missing. So far, more than 500 people have been evacuated to safer locations ... Iran’s Meteorological Organization on 27 July declared the highest level of warning for the provinces of Yazd, Sistan and Baluchestan, Kerman, Bushehr and Hormozgan. It is reported that 21 provinces of the country are possible to be affected by heavy rains and floods until Monday, 1 August 2022. Many roads in Sistan and Baluchestan and Kerman Provinces have already been flooded amid the torrential rains. (OCHA, 29 Jul 2022)

Since mid July, heavy rainfall has caused floods and landslides across 26 Provinces of Iran, leading to an increased number of casualties. According to media reports, at least 95 people have died, 200 are still missing and many more have been injured. The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has provided relief services to more than 78,000 flood-affected people, transported 3,562 people to safe areas and provided emergency shelter to more than 11,212 people. Floodwaters have inundated 1,428 villages across Iran, affected 162 transportation routes and destroyed more than 20,000 homes. Over the next 48 hours, dryer conditions are forecast over the whole country. (ECHO, 5 Aug 2022)

According to the Iranian Meteorological Organization, monsoon flash floods with thunderstorms started on 23 July 2022 in 25 Iranian provinces and lasted till 30th of July. Over 72,000 people were affected in 25 provinces East Azarbaijan, Isfahan, Alborz, Bushehr, Tehran, Charmahal Bakhtiyari, South Khorasan, Khorasan Razavi, North Khorasan, Khuzestan, Zanjan, Semnan, Sistan-Baluchistan, Fars, Qazvin, Qom, Kerman, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Golestan, Lorestan, Mazandaran, Markazi, Hormozgan, Hamedan, Yazd. The floods resulted in tremendous damages to agricultural lands, roads/access/infrastructure, bridges, domestic animal husbandry, residential buildings, and drinking water supply facilities. The heavy flash flood resulted in the death of 90 people. (IFRC, 11 Aug 2022)