At least 30 people have been killed as flash flooding hit northwestern Iran on Saturday.

Torrential rains that began on Friday lashed East Azerbaijan province with state television showing images of rivers bursting their banks, flooded houses, and cars being swept away by the surging water.

"Thirty-five people have been killed in the floods," head of Iran's emergency response organisation Esmail Najar told ISNA news agency.

The districts of Ajabshir and Azarshahr were worst hit.

The East Azarbaijan Governor's Office of Crisis Management said "16 bodies were found in Ajabshir city and 14 in the city of Azarshahr".

The office's Director-General Khalil Saei said Red Crescent workers, air ambulances, police and army forces have been deployed to assist in search-and-rescue efforts.</s>State television says 20 people still missing after flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Ajabshir and Azarshahr.

At least 17 people have been killed and 20 missing in Iran's northwest after torrential rains triggered severe flooding, according to state media.

Iran's state television on Saturday showed images of flooded houses and cars carried away by the surging water.

"Rescue teams have found 17 dead bodies after flash floods triggered by heavy rains in the cities of Ajabshir and Azarshahr," Khalil Saei, director general of crisis management in East Azarbaijan province, was quoted as saying.

Saei added that Red Crescent workers, air ambulances, police and army forces have been deployed to provide aid.

In September, at least 10 people were killed in flash flooding in Tehran and Hormozgan provinces.</s>At least 25 people were killed and 16 declared missing as flash floods hit northwestern Iran, state media reported on Saturday.

“Twenty-five people have been killed in the floods across four provinces,” the head of Iran’s emergency response organisation, Esmail Najar, told the ISNA news agency.

Torrential rains that began on Friday lashed East Azerbaijan province, with state television showing images of rivers bursting their banks, flooded houses and cars being swept away by the surging water.

The districts of Ajabshir and Azarshahr were the worst hit.</s>TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian state TV is reporting that flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed 17 people and left 20 missing in the country's northwest.

The Saturday report quotes Director General of Crisis Management in East Azarbaijan province, Khalil Saei, as saying: "Rescue teams have found 17 dead bodies after flash floods triggered by heavy rains in the cities of Ajabshir and Azarshahr."

Saei added that Red Crescent workers, air ambulances, police and army forces have been deployed from the early hours of the incident for providing aid."

In September, at least 10 people were killed in flash flooding in Tehran and Hormozgan provinces.</s>TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Head of Iran’s Crisis Management Organization confirmed the deaths of over 40 people in severe flooding triggered by torrential rains in four northwestern provinces of the country.

Esmaeel Najjar said the bodies of 40 people who died in the flash floods have been found.

Heavy rains started on Friday. The surging waters caused rivers to burst their banks and swept away cars and flooded houses in the provinces of East and West Azarbaijan, Kurdistan and Zanjan.

Najjar said in Azar Shahr in East Azarbaijan 17 people in 7 cars went missing on Friday after their cars were carried away by floodwaters, adding that the bodies of all 17 have been found by rescue teams.

Eighteen villagers in Chenar, near the town of Ajabshir, East Azarbaijan, were also killed and two remain missing, he said.

According to the official, 12 houses were completely destroyed in the village, too.</s>Iranian state TV says heavy rains in a northwest region have triggered flash flooding that killed at least 30 people.

Rescue teams were searching districts in the East Azerbaijan Province April 15 looking for at least seven other people still missing.

An emergency services director, Khalil Saei, was quoted as saying that police and army forces had also been deployed to help in the recovery efforts.

State TV showed images of rivers bursting their banks, flooded houses, and cars being swept away by surging waters.</s>The death toll in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Iran's northwestern province of eastern Azarbaijan jumped to 30 as rescue teams continue to discover bodies, state TV reported Saturday.

The report said that there are at least seven people still missing in the cities of Ajabshir and Azarshahr. An earlier report Saturday morning said 17 people had been killed.

 

 The East Azarbaijan Governor's Office of Crisis Management said that "16 bodies were found in Ajabshir city and 14 in the city of Azarshahr."

 

 The report quotes Director General of Crisis Management in East Azarbaijan province, Khalil Saei, as saying that Red Crescent workers, air ambulances, police and army forces have been deployed to assist in search and rescue efforts.

 

 In September, at least 10 people were killed in flash flooding in Tehran and Hormozgan provinces.</s>Severe floods and landslide have killed at least 35 people in western and northwestern parts of Iran, state media reported on Saturday. Shahin Fathi, of the Iranian Red Crescent Society's Search and Rescue Department, said that the operations had provided assistance to as many as 1150 people in 33 cities and villages.

Start the conversation, or Read more at The Oak Ridge Observer.</s>TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The death toll in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Iran’s northwest province of eastern Azarbaijan rose to 30 as rescue teams deployed, state TV reported Saturday.

The report said that there are seven people missing in the cities of Ajab Shir and Azarshahr, and that rescue teams are trying to find them. It added five injured people have been hospitalized.

East Azarbaijan Governor’s Office of Crisis Management said that 16 bodies were found in Ajabshir city and 14 in city of Azarshahr.

Director General of Crisis Management in East Azarbaijan province Khalil Saei said that Red Crescent workers, air ambulances, as well as police and army forces have been deployed from the early hours of the morning to provide aid.

In September, at least 10 people were killed in flash floods across the Tehran and Hormozgan provinces.
Flash flooding caused by torrential rain leaves at least 17 people dead and 20 others missing in northwestern Iran, according to state television.