{"id":11404,"date":"2026-04-25T15:46:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/25\/afghanistan-floods-house-collapses-13-dead-48-hours\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T15:46:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:46:52","slug":"afghanistan-floods-house-collapses-13-dead-48-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/25\/afghanistan-floods-house-collapses-13-dead-48-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Floods and Collapsing Homes Claim 13 Lives in Afghanistan Over 48 Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Disaster Preparedness Authority has reported that severe rainfall, floods, lightning, and house collapses over the past 48 hours across 10 provinces in Afghanistan have resulted in 13 deaths and 9 injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammad Yousuf Hamad, the spokesperson for the authority, stated that more than 200 homes have been either completely or partially destroyed in these incidents. According to him, the damage occurred following continuous rains and the subsequent flooding in several areas.<\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan faces natural disasters such as floods and landslides annually during the rainy season, events that cause significant loss of life and property, especially in vulnerable rural regions.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the recurrence of these disasters, residents of affected areas consistently complain about the lack of preventive measures and timely response\u2014an issue that highlights the responsibilities of the Taliban administration in crisis management and providing immediate aid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Severe floods and house collapses in 10 Afghan provinces have killed 13 and injured 9 amid ongoing rainy season challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-security-incidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11404","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=11404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}