TEHRAN - The governor of the flood-hit province of Ilam said on Saturday that normal condition has returned to Ilam 72 hours after the flash flood, Mehr reported.

Mohammad Reza Morvarid said that government is planning to take some measure to help with citizens who have been affected by the last week’s flood.

Flood triggered by heavy downpour killed eight people in the western provinces of Ilam and Lorestan, inundated streets and houses in several districts and cut water and electricity supply to many residents

The flood has caused 600 billion tomans (more than $117 million) in damages to the urban infrastructures, Moravrid said, adding that the experts are studying the extent of damages more precisely.


He said that about 324 millimeters rain has fallen in some parts of Ilam province which has been unprecedented over the last 100 years.

Nasser Charkhsaz, director of the Relief and Rescue Organization of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, also said on Saturday that 25 five rescue teams are now helping people in the flood-hit areas of Ilam.

Charkhsaz, who was speaking Saturday evening during his visit to Ilam, said that IRCS teams will remain until the condition returns to normal in the province.

The director of the province’s Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Organization also said that municipal water has been reconnected and there is no hygienic problem in the province.

In some areas where there is no access to municipal water, potable water has been carried by tankers, Daraba Beiranvand said.

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