Military vehicles rescue people after flash flooding around the northern city of Aq Qala in Golestan province, Iran, Monday, March 25, 2019. Iranian state TV reported on Monday that flash floods in southern Iran have killed at least 17 people and injured scores more. The northern provinces of Golestan and Mazandaran have been struggling with flooding for over a week, and five people have been killed, according to the state-run Press TV channel. (Mohsen Esmaeilzadeh/ISNA/Associated Press)TEHRAN, Iran — Flash floods in southern Iran have killed at least 17 people and injured 74, Iranian state TV reported on Monday. Last year, at least 30 people were killed by flash floods in the Iranian province of Eastern Azerbaijan.

Source: Washington Post March 25, 2019 11:48 UTC