{"id":10716,"date":"2026-04-16T14:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/16\/afghanistan-floods-damage-homes-services-affect-70000\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:00:21","slug":"afghanistan-floods-damage-homes-services-affect-70000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/16\/afghanistan-floods-damage-homes-services-affect-70000\/","title":{"rendered":"Devastating Floods in Afghanistan Disrupt Homes and Vital Services, Affect Over 70,000 People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported that destructive floods across various parts of Afghanistan have affected more than 70,000 people, destroyed numerous homes, and severely disrupted access to basic services.<\/p>\n<p>According to the released information, in addition to significant damage to residential houses, these floods have caused disruptions or restrictions in access to drinking water, health services, and other essential needs in several areas.<\/p>\n<p>OCHA stated that humanitarian partner organizations are scaling up life-saving assistance, but the level of needs remains high. The agency emphasized that sustained support from the international community is critical to effectively address the needs of those affected.<\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan is among the countries most vulnerable to natural disasters, and in recent years, floods have repeatedly caused extensive damage across different regions of the country. This situation highlights the urgent need for better preparedness and immediate assistance to affected families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deadly floods in Afghanistan affect over 70,000 people, damaging homes and critical services. OCHA urges continued global support for relief efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-secondary-headline","category-social-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}