2 killed, 5 injured as floods hit Sulaymaniyah in northern Iraq

By Hussien Elkabany and Rania Abu Shamala

ISTANBUL (AA) - Two people were killed and five others injured on Tuesday after heavy floods and flash torrents swept through Sulaymaniyah province in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region, according to the regional civil defense agency.

The state news agency INA, citing the Civil Defense Directorate, said the victims were caught in flooding in the district of Chamchamal in Sulaymaniyah.

A school wall collapsed in the Shorash sub-district due to strong torrents, causing the death of a 70-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman, the directorate said.

Civil defense teams have continued rescue and evacuation efforts amid warnings of further rainfall and unstable weather conditions across the region.