Reported by PMOI/MEK
Iran, March 31, 2019 – People in cities, towns and villages across all of Iran's 31 provinces are bracing for continued flood warnings, especially on Sunday and Monday. Rains and thunderstorms are especially reported in the country’s western provinces.
Sanandaj in Kurdstan Province, western Iran, is on high alert. Commuting for vehicles in Kurdistan Boulevard and entrances to the Mount Abidar area have been banned and locals are warned away from these regions. All flights in and out of Sanandaj have also been cancelled.
There are similar warnings issued for Khuzestan Province, southwest Iran.
"The Khuzestan Red Crescent lacks adequate aid material to provide for flood-hit areas. There are concerns of the possibility of people losing their lives in floods across this province," said Javad Kazem Nasabalbaji, a member of the regime's Majlis (parliament), further indicating the regime’s negligence and failures.
Residents of the Bamdezh village in Khuzestan Province were seen evacuating their homes, complaining authorities have not provided any safe haven to relocate to.
Intense rains are also being reported in the city of Shush, also in Khuzestan Province.
An old road linking the two cities of Andimeshk and Khorramabad is now blocked due to landslides. A road from Andimeshk to the city of Poledokhtar has been blocked since Saturday afternoon and there is no commuting possible on this road.
Flood warnings of floods are issued for at least six western and southern provinces, including Khuzestan, Lorestan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Kermanshah, Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari and Ilam.
After nearly two weeks of devastations, officials of Golestan Province in northeast Iran are finally discussing the scope of destruction that have been caused by their own negligence and corrupt policies.
"Around 3,000 people have lost their jobs due to floods damaging production units and industrial workshops across this province," said the head of the regime's Industry, Mining and Trade Organization.
Flood warnings are also issued for the town of Mahneshan in Zanjan Province, northwest Iran. Emergency evacuation orders have been issued for villages on the banks of rivers in and around the city of Khalkhal, also in northwest Iran.
The number of flood victims in Lorestan Province have reached four after a child recently drowned in Khorramrud River of Khorramabad, the provincial capital. Residents of villages around the city of Dorud have completely evacuated their homes. They are also complaining about officials failing to even provide any instructions on where to find safe haven.
In Gilan Province, northern Iran, locals are reporting the Punel-Khalkhal road has been blocked due to landslides. In Golestan Province, hit hard for the past two weeks due to intense flooding caused by the regime’s negligence, new reports indicate three more roads are blocked due to flooding.
Similar conditions are reported in Semnan Province, east of the capital, Tehran, as locals begin to brace for major rains on Sunday and Monday.
Experience across the country shows the mullahs’ corrupt policies of uncontrolled dam construction, welling, destructive deforestation and literally selling the country’s soil to countries abroad have all led to the flood devastation riddling the entire country.
Black clouds in the sky of Behbahan city
The Kuhdasht road in Lorestan Province, western Iran, has completely been engulfed by floodwaters.
The river of Nour Abad in this same province is overflowing into the city, causing major damages and severely disrupting locals’ lives.
Locals of this impoverished town are begging for their compatriots to provide aid, knowing the mullahs’ regime will not deliver any such help.
People are witnessing floodwaters enter their residents and some reports indicate 25 percent of homes in this town are surrounded by floodwaters
The central river of Kuhdasht in Lorestan Province is also overflowing, reports indicate.
“Currently, the situation in the town of Delphan is considered red as floodwaters are rising,” a local official in Lorestan Province said. 40 percent of the city is engulfed by water and flood has entered some homes. The water volume of the city’s central river has tripled its capacity and is overflowing into urban areas.
Residents in houses around the river in Khorramabad, the capital of Lorestan Province, are evacuating their homes.
Water levels of Firouzabad River in Fars Province, south-central Iran, are reportedly rising, placing the locals in danger because of highly possible floods.
In the city of Baneh of Kurdistan Province, western Iran, officials are ordering homes in danger of floodwaters to evacuate. Locals, however, are complaining they have nowhere to go and authorities are forcing them to exit the area.
“Floodwaters have damaged 11,000 kilometers of the country’s roads and blocked 159 paths,” according to the regime’s Road and Transportation Organization.
“The city of Qazvin (northwest Iran) will be engulfed in water on Sunday and Monday,” according to the Qazvin Province governor.
Houses in various parts of Hamedan are surrounded by floodwaters, according to a senior local fire fighting official.
Floodwaters are rising in Qarasu and at least 1,000 kilometers of railways have been flooded near Qara Tapeh, western Iran.
Water levels are rising in Karkheh Dam in southwest Iran, according to a local official. Water entry into the dam is 1,400 cubic meters per second and exiting the dam at around 780 cubic meters per second.
Rains and floodwaters in the city of Malayer and Nahavand are escalating, placing them in desperate need of help.
The Meymeh bridge of Dehloran in Ilam Province, western Iran, and the Dehloran-Mehran road are now considered blocked by floodwaters.
In Golestan Province, officials say the historical bridge of Aq Qala is now engulfed with cracks being witnessed on the sides. Aq Qala in northeast Iran is the town hit hard by floodwaters and locals are complaining that officials are failing to provide any adequate aid despite the passing of nearly two weeks.
Officials in the cities of Poledokhtar and Mamulan in Lorestan Province to evacuate homes located on the west side of Kashkan River.
Ongoing efforts to prevent floodwaters from entering more areas of Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, southwest Iran – March 31, 2019
Majid Kianpour, a member of the regime’s Majlis (parliament), is saying one third of the city of Dorud, Lorestan Province, western Iran, will be engulfed by floodwaters on Monday. Staying in Lorestan, reports show sudden landslides are putting people in dangerous circumstances and blocking paths, including between the two major cities of Khorramabad and Borujerd.
At around 7:30 pm local time, torrential rains that will most likely lead to devastating floods have reportedly begun in the city of Ravansar in Kermanshah Province, western Iran.
Floodwaters are also causing major troubles in Ahvaz, the capital of Khuzestan Province in southwest Iran. The local sugar and sugar cube factory has been engulfed, reports indicate.
Unfortunately, deaths have been reported from Lorestan Province. No exact numbers are available as of yet. The mullahs’ regime ruling Iran has been more busy preventing the leakage of any true facts about the floods than providing much needed assistance to flood victims. Rains across Lorestan Province continue to increase.
Karkheh River in Khuzestan Province is seeing water levels rise dangerously.
Water levels are also rising near the boulevard in Ahvaz, southwest Iran, and the city’s famous Naderi Bridge.
Officials in Abadan, an oil rich city on the far southwest tip of Iran near Iraq and Kuwait, are issuing orders for authorities to prevent any trucks transferring engineering machinery out of the city.
According to weather forecasts, the main portion of rains in Iran’s western provinces will on Sunday night and into Monday afternoon local time. More rivers are very likely to overflow and floods will most definitely expand in this area.
A powerful system of thunderstorms is literally engulfing all of western Iran, and torrential rains are reported from the provinces of Kurdistan, Lorestan, Kermanshah, Ilam, Khuzestan, Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari.
In the town of Aq Qala in Golestan Province of northeast Iran, the devastation caused by the floods are becoming even more vivid. Some parts of the town are reporting rising water levels and locals are finding it extremely difficult to obtain food.
More reports are received from a long list of cities, towns and villages indicating locals protesting the regime’s negligence, incompetence and indifference to the people in need.
