TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities have ordered the evacuation of six more towns in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, which is widely inundated with floods, state TV reported on Saturday. Gholamreza Shariati, the provincial governor, told state TV rescue teams are taking residents to nearby shelters, including three army barracks. Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli told state TV that some 400,000 people are at risk out of the province’s population of five million. There have been no evacuation orders for major cities, including the province’s capital of Ahvaz, which has 1.7 million residents. There have been no reports of damage to the province’s petroleum facilities, which account for roughly 80 per cent of Iran’s oil production.

Source: National Post April 06, 2019 06:50 UTC