Afghanistan Storms: 28 Dead, 49 Injured

0:00It's March 30, Canada news today starts now, AI-powered and ready. I'm Cory with the story. Afghan authorities just updated the death toll from brutal storms hitting the country over the past four days, now at 28 people killed and 49 injured. Heavy rain trigger floods, landslides and lightning strikes across multiple provinces and officials say the numbers could climb as reports roll in. The damage is widespread, with 130 homes completely wiped out and 436 more damaged. It also took out over 240 animals, 93 kilometers of roads, plus irrigation canals and farmland, leaving 1,01, 130 families in the lurch. This hits hard in a nation already reeling from earlier disasters this year, like heavy snow and flash floods that claim dozens of lives. All villages with mud homes offer little shield and folks are scrambling for aid amid the chaos.

1:00According to the National Disaster Management Authority, Afghanistan's prime for these hits of war, shaky infrastructure, a beat down, economy, deforestation and climate change, all crank up the pain. Spring floods alone killed over 300 this year, underscoring how these events keep pounding harder, but relief efforts are underway to help, those hit worst.