Relief, rescue operations underway in flood-stricken areas

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Organization, has said.Since July 23, flash flooding has claimed 78 lives and left 15 people missing, he lamented.The Iranian Red Crescent
Society aid workers, including 1,393 teams, provided relief and rescue services to 50,000 people in flood-affected areas, he said.Twenty
percent of areas across Iran are highly prone to flooding, Khosro Shahbazi, former head of the Forests, Range, and Watershed Management
Organization, said in January 2020.Since July 23, flash flooding has claimed 78 lives and left 15 people missing.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 multiannual forecast, in the next
average.FB/MG