TEHRAN Flash floods triggered by torrential rains hit five cities, while a hailstorm caused damages to two nomad areas, all in northern and northeastern Iran on Sunday.
Floods damaged residential and public buildings, farm lands and other places in Sari, capital city of northern Mazandaran.
Rahmatollah Ahmadi, a provincial official in charge of natural disasters, told IRNA by phone: "On the basis of the Weather Bureau's forecast of a probable flooding, the provincial Red Crescent is monitoring the situation to launch relief efforts if necessary.
Meanwhile, nomads residing around the northeastern city of Bojnourd were badly hit by the storm on Sunday night.
Reliable sources told IRNA their tents had been uprooted from the ground.
(IRNA)