The Iraqi Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, yesterday, the formation of a crisis cell to save the trapped, as a result of the floods that swept through the district of Shrkat and flood areas, against the backdrop of heavy rains in the province of Salah al-Din north of Baghdad,
Killing at least 23 people.
A statement by the Iraqi government that Abdul Mahdi "continuously and personally follow the developments of torrential floods that hit the district of Shorqat, and other areas of the provinces of Salah al-Din and Nineveh, and led to a number of deaths and missing, and the collapse of the bridge near the village of Houria."
The statement pointed out that the Prime Minister directed «the formation of a crisis cell of the Salahaddin operations, and all civil formations in the local government, backed by helicopters and heavy machinery for immediate intervention, and direct supervision of rescue operations to reduce human and material losses, and strengthen defenses against the expected increase in water levels, The next two days ».
Ali al-Dodh, mayor of Sharqat, said about 3,000 people had been displaced after leaving their homes.
Yesterday, Iraq was hit by a wave of floods and floods against a backdrop of heavy rains that swept through a number of governorates. In an initial count, 23 people were killed, more than 20 were injured, three members of the Kurdish Peshmerga were killed, more than 800 homes were destroyed, a school was destroyed, .