China News Service, July 31. According to Agence France-Presse's report on the 30th, over the past week, floods caused by torrential rains in many parts of Iran have killed at least 80 people and left 30 missing.
According to the rescue organization of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, about 83 million people in 60 cities, 140 towns and more than 500 villages in Iran were affected by the floods.
Tehran province was the worst-hit province, with 35 dead.
Iran's Meteorological Department issued a warning on the 30th that there will be more rainfall in the country's southern and northern provinces in the next few days.
Climate change has increased the odds of extreme weather, including droughts and heavy rainfall, meteorologists say.
Heavy rains in southern Iran reportedly killed at least 76 people in 2019, with damage estimated at more than $2 billion.