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2019-05-15 20:55
Welfare Organization collects $4.5m for flood-hit provinces
TEHRAN – Within the framework of a campaign launched by Iran’s Welfare Organization philanthropists donated a total of 190 billion rials (about $4.5 million) to the flood survivors, an official with the Welfare Organization has said.
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2019-05-15 19:52
China’s third humanitarian package for flood survivors arrives
TEHRAN – China has airlifted relief supplies to the country for the third time to help those hit by massive floods, Mehr news agency reported on Tuesday.
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2019-05-09 01:05
Climate change or poor management: What are the major reasons behind devastating floods?
TEHRAN – Although climate change could be a cause for recent torrential rainfalls and flooding, poor management and ignoring watershed management are also to blame for enhanced flood destruction, Seyed Mohammad Mojabi, head of environment committee of the Expediency Council has said.
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2019-05-09 00:53
Iranian donations to flood survivors hit $57m
TEHRAN – Iranian philanthropists have contributed some 2.4 trillion rials (nearly $57 million) to the people residing in flood-ravaged provinces across the country, head of the Red Crescent Society volunteer organization has said.
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2019-05-07 22:36
‘Wetland restoration budget must be spent on increasing vegetation cover’
TEHRAN – After flood filled the dams and water resources in the country, some claimed that the budget for conservation of wetlands and reforestation must be cut, while it must be earmarked to restore vegetation cover in forests and rangelands, deputy chief for natural environment and biodiversity directorate at the Department of Environment has stated.
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2019-05-01 22:01
Charity foundation to generate 3,500 jobs in flood-hit Khuzestan
TEHRAN – Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam also known as Setad-e Ejraiy-e Farman-e Hazrat-e Emam, will create over 3,500 job opportunities for the financially struggling families residing in flood-stricken Khuzestan province, Mohammad Mokhber, director of the Foundation has said.
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2019-04-28 22:39
Flood-hit houses to be fully rebuilt within a year
TEHRAN – The whole housing units undergone devastation by recent flooding will be fully retrofitted and reconstructed by the next year, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli has announced on Sunday.
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2019-04-28 22:37
‘Proper vegetation cover could reduce flood damage’
TEHRAN – Distinguished environmentalist Mohammad Darvish has said that loss of vegetation cover and conversion of forests to rainfed farmlands has caused the country to be more vulnerable to flooding as proper vegetation cover could reduce flood damage.
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2019-04-24 22:40
$2b non-repayable loans allocated to rebuild flood-hit houses
TEHRAN – Non-repayable loans amounting to 90 trillion rials (nearly $2 billion) will be provided for reconstruction of housing units in the provinces hit by flood, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, Minister of Interior, has announced.
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2019-04-23 22:11
Wetlands reduce flood devastation to a third
TEHRAN – Wetlands played an important role in minimizing destructive effects of flood which has recently hit many provinces across the country, deputy chief for natural environment and biodiversity directorate at the Department of Environment (DOE) has stated.
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2019-04-17 23:00
Land subsidence an overlooked threat to the country: expert
TEHRAN – Although land subsidence is too subtle to be detected, it must be tackled before incurring great loss, which has been proved to be more destructive than flood and earthquake, deputy director for Iran National Cartographic Center has said.
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2019-04-17 22:57
Relief foundation to create 5,000 job plans in flood-stricken areas
TEHRAN –Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation will open up a total of 5,000 job plans for those financially struggling affected by flood, Parviz Fattah, the Foundation’s head has announced.
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2019-04-17 21:45
Ill-wishers failed to turn floods into crisis: minister
TEHRAN – Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said on Tuesday that many of Iran’s ill-wishers and hostile media outlets tried but failed to turn the recent floods into a crisis.
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2019-04-17 21:43
Over $1.6b to be allocated for flood compensation
TEHRAN - Head of Iran's Planning and Budget Organization Mohammad Baqer Nobakht announced on Wednesday that at least 70 trillion rials (about $1.66 billion) is going to be allocated for compensating losses incurred to those who have been affected by recent floods in the country.
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2019-04-16 21:17
Philanthropists donate $20m to flood victims
TEHRAN – Iranian philanthropists have made contributions both in cash and kind amounting to 880 billion rials (about $20 million) to flood-hit families, Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has announced, IRNA reported on Monday.
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2019-04-16 17:07
Charity foundation to grant appliance packages to flood-hit families
TEHRAN – Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam also known as Setad-e Ejraiy-e Farman-e Hazrat-e Emam, provides some 18,000 packages consisting of household appliances to the families affected by flood, Mohammad Mokhber, the Foundation’s director has announced.
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2019-04-15 11:39
Flood causes $3b of agricultural loss: minister
TEHRAN – Iran’s agriculture sector has suffered an economic loss of 130 trillion rials (nearly $3 billion) as a result of extreme flooding which has inundated many provinces, Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati has said.
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2019-04-14 23:04
Flood blocks roads linking 73 villages in southeastern Iran
TEHRAN – Flood has reached southeastern parts of the country, blocking linking roads of 73 villages in Kerman province, crisis management director at provincial governor office announced.
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2019-04-14 22:51
Recent flooding caused by climate change: IMO director
TEHRAN – Torrential rains and unprecedented flooding recently hitting the country is the result of climate change, head of Iran’s Meteorological Organization (IMO) has stated.
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2019-04-13 08:33
Army to skip military parades in flood-stricken areas
TEHRAN – Military parades to mark National Army Day will not be held in flood-stricken areas this year so that army forces can continue providing relief to victims of the floods, Army Chief Abdolrahim Mousavi said on Friday.
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2019-04-10 22:07
Relief foundation allots $4.7m to flood-stricken families in Khuzestan
TEHRAN – Emam Khomeini Relief Foundation has allocated a total budget of 200 billion rials (nearly $4.7 million) as low-interest loans to those residing in the flood-ravaged province of Khuzestan, the Foundation’s head has said.
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2019-04-10 21:56
350 volunteer groups offering services in flood-affected areas
TEHRAN – More than 350 volunteer groups of people are providing services to the provinces haunted by flood across the country, deputy director for social affairs organization affiliated to the Ministry of Interior has said.
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2019-04-10 21:51
110,000 housing units destructed in 3 flood-affected provinces
TEHRAN – Recent severe flooding damaged 110,000 houses in provinces of Lorestan, Golestan and Mazandaran, ISNA reported on Wednesday. Following heavy rainfalls in the country particularly in provinces of Golestan, Mazandaran, Lorestan, and Khuzestan as well as other provinces in western, southwestern, and northeastern Iran severe flood struck many cities and villages.
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2019-04-10 11:50
Charity foundation to create 10,000 job plans in flood-hit provinces
TEHRAN – Barekat Charity Foundation will launch 10,000 employment schemes in 6 flood-stricken provinces across the country, IRIB reported on Monday. In order to ease destructive flood effects, some 10,000 job opportunities will be generated in provinces of Khuzestan, Lorestan, Ilam, Golestan, Mazandaran and Fars.
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2019-04-10 11:48
Mud left behind after flooding increases risks of SDSs in Khuzestan
TEHRAN – Ali Moridi, head of soil and water office at the Department of Environment (DOE), warned that the recent flood hitting the southwestern province of Khuzestan carried huge sediment loads which could turn into new sand and dust storm (SDS) hotspots after being dried.
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2019-04-08 09:13
Flood causes massive damage to farms in southwestern Iran
TEHRAN – Extreme flooding beginning on March 19 inundating many provinces across the country have brought heavy financial losses amounting to 9.5 trillion rials (nearly $226 million) to the agriculture sector in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, head of provincial agriculture organization has announced.
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2019-04-07 22:04
Heavy rainfalls revive drying Lake Urmia
TEHRAN – Recent downpours causing flood that recently left many provinces of Iran submerged, have made the world’s second largest saltwater lake come back to life, as the water level of the northwestern Lake Urmia has raised dramatically.
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2019-04-07 20:07
Iran says not receiving humanitarian cash aid due to U.S. sanctions
TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) says it has not received any cash for humanitarian aid from other countries for the flood victims in Iran as there are no monetary channel to receive such aid.
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2019-04-07 12:54
‘Flood devastation worsened by environmental degradation, improper planning’
TEHRAN – Ignoring technical issues in developing infrastructure of the water basin along with excessive soil erosion are what made the recent floods extremely devastating, director for wetland ecosystem office at the Department of Environment has said.
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2019-04-07 08:51
Armed forces stand beside people till they calm down: Baqeri
TEHRAN – Major General Mohammad Baqeri, chief of the armed forces, has said the military will be beside people until they calm down.
