7Berkeh: The result of no less than 118 millimeters of rainfall in just a few hours in a draught-stricken county like Gerash is, obviously, flash flood. On Saturday and Sunday, January 1st and 2nd, ۲۰۲۲, Gerash received its share of the heavy rainfall that washed over the provinces of the south-west and south of Iran.
Such an unequalled rainfall in the recent decades brought joy to the people’s heart; but, at the same time, it brought about damages to many hearths. According to the Gerash Governor, Majid Gholampour, more than 350 houses in the city of Gerash and the villages around it were partly or completely destroyed. Most of the damaged houses are located in the two regions of Mohammad-Abad and Sultan-Adad in the south of Gerash, which are built with little or no regard to building and urban engineering. Inhabitants of these two neighborhoods were warned against the flood and were asked to leave their houses before the storm.
The manager of Agriculture-Jihad Office of Gerash reported that more than 3,000 acres of gardens and agriculture fields were seriously damaged by the flood.
The overall damage of the heavy rainfall and flash flood is estimated at around 4 million dollars, said the Governor. Fortunately, thanks to the warnings and precautions, no individual was killed in this crisis.
