Floods in 17 provinces leave 32 dead, 25 missing

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Sistan-Baluchestan, Tehran, Fars, Kerman, Hormozgan, Qom, Semnan, Mazandaran, Yazd, East Azarbaijan, South Khorasan, Golestan, Isfahan,
Bushehr, Kohgiluyeh-Boyer Ahmad, Markazi, and Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari.The Iranian Red Crescent Society aid workers, including 560 teams,
provided relief and rescue services to 14,000 people.The Iranian Red Crescent Society aid workers, including 560 teams, provided relief and
safe areas, Mehdi Valipour, head of the IRCS Relief and Rescue Organization, said.Additionally, water was pumped out of 610 flooded houses,
and food items were distributed among the flood victims, he added.There are five deaths in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, eight deaths in
Tehran, and one in Markazi province
Some 11 people, including seven people in Tehran and four in Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari, are also missing, and the search for them continues.On
highly prone to flooding, Khosro Shahbazi, former head of the Forests, Range, and Watershed Management Organization, said in January
2020.According to statistics, the average rainfall in the country in the last 50 years has been 270 mm, which has decreased by 230 mm, in
other words, over the past 5 decades, the average rainfall has dropped by 40 mm.According to the World Meteorological Organization's