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Flood Continues: Hundreds of Thousands Must be Evacuated
The state minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said the evacuation of Susangerd, Dezful, and Susangerd is necessary.
According to ILNA, the minister of state said that the evacuation of these cities is necessary and told the people of these regions to follow the advices of the officials in immediate evacuation of their houses to save their lives.
The head of Iran’s Hilal Ahmar organization (Iran’s equivalent of Red Cross) said in a TV in a TV interview: “Water is flowing from Lorestan and Ilam into Khuzestan province and since the dams are now at full capacity, the overflow will flood many villages and it means 100,000 people need emergency relocation.”
The governor of Shush reported that after the emergency announcement, 30 villages have been evacuated and 70 other villages have also been ordered to evacuate.
The governor of Hoveyzeh has issued order to evacuate at least 10 villages.
Meanwhile, relief efforts continue in Lorestan province. With the flood increasing in the province, quick reaction teams and 12 helicopters have been deployed to Pol-Dokhtar city.
According to ISNA, the commander of IRGC ground forces, Mohammmad Pakpour, criticized the relief efforts in Po-Dokhtar and said: “There are many problems in Pol-Dokhtar and there is no management. No government official dares to enter the city because people are so frustrated.” He continued: “People are in dire need of blankets and heating equipment.”
The commander of army ground forces described Pol-Dokhtar’s conditions as “dreadful” and said that all the bridges and roads have been cut off and in some villages the houses are completely under water.
All roads to Khorramabad, the capital of the province, have been blocked by the flood and seven have been killed so far in the province. Over five thousand houses in Pol-Dokhtar are under water and people are surrounded by flood with no way to get out.
Water, gas, and electricity has been cut off in many cities and villages in Lorestan and many bridges have collapsed, and many villages have no ground access, but the weather does not permit air relief either.
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