INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- Flooding caused a total of 200 billion rials (around $740,000) damage to nomads of Tehran, Director of nomadic affairs of Tehran
province has said.Considering that the nomads of Tehran province were settled in the cold and mountainous regions of the province, floods
blocked and destroyed more than 500 kilometers of nomadic routes, especially in the cities of Firozkoh and Shemiranat, Farshid Zabihi
said.The flood caused the loss of more than 300 nomadic livestock, and 500 hectares of nomadic fields and pastures were also damaged, he
lamented.Since July 23, flash flooding in 17 provinces of the country has claimed 90 lives and left 8 people missing.The provinces include
Sistan-Baluchestan, Tehran, Fars, Kerman, Hormozgan, Qom, Semnan, Mazandaran, Yazd, East Azarbaijan, South Khorasan, Golestan, Isfahan,
Khosro Shahbazi, former head of the Forests, Range, and Watershed Management Organization, said in January 2020.FB/
