FLASH floods caused by cyclone Gonu have killed 12 people, injured nine and trapped 40,000 others in southeastern Iran, news reports said today.
“Based on the latest information gathered, 12 people were killed as the result of floods in Hormozgan and Sistan-Baluchestan provinces,” the head of Iran's emergency services, Farzad Panahi, said.
He said that more than 3000 livestock died in the southern port town of Jask in Hormozgan province.
The Fars news agency, meanwhile, quoted another official as saying that “40,000 villagers are trapped by water in Hormozgan province”.
Helicopters have been sent to the affected areas, the official said.
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Air Force said yesterday it had delivered 40 tonnes of food to the rain-hit port city of Chabahar in Sistan-Baluchestan province.
Cyclone Gonu bore down on Oman early on Wednesday, creating havoc and leaving at least 49 people dead and another 27 missing before veering towards Iran.
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