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Iran’s oil minister on Wednesday urged local oil and gas firms to help with providing aid to victims of severe flooding. as one international aid agency announced extra funds to bolster relief efforts.
At least 26 of Iran’s 31 provinces have been hit by heavy downpours that began on March 19. The flooding – the country’s worst in a decade – has killed 62 people. the head of crisis management at the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization said on Wednesday. according to student news agency ISNA.
A state of emergency was declared in several provinces including oil-rich southwestern Khuzestan. where state news agency IRNA said 70 villages were ordered evacuated on Tuesday.
Iranian drilling companies and other energy firms have been assisting rescue efforts in flooded areas. notably using their pumps to remove water.
But minister Bijan Zanganeh suggested they should do more.
