2022 Iranian floods

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2022 Iranian floods

A mosque buried by a mudslide in Tehran
Date	23–30 July 2022
Location	Mazandaran, Yazd, Sistan and Baluchistan
Deaths	95
Missing	200+
Property damage	$2 billion USD[1]

In late July 2022, Iran was hit by historic floods and mudslides which affected 400 towns and villages in 21 of Iran's 31 provinces, and destroyed over 20,000 homes.^[2][3] In the provinces of Mazandaran and Yazd, deaths were high. At least 95 people have been reported dead and over 200 others are missing.^[2][4]

Events[edit]

On 11 July, rescue missions such as the Iranian Red Crescent went to help families in 51 villages in the Sistan and Baluchistan province.^[5]

On 6 August 2022, floods hit Imamzadeh.^[6]

See also[edit]

• Great Iran Flood, a 1954 flood in Iran
• 2022 Pakistan floods, a disaster that occurred in the same time period.

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