Floods cause $1.6 billion in losses in Iran
Posted On: Apr. 9, 2019 6:15 AM CSTAbdolmahdi Bakhshandeh, Iran's deputy agriculture minister, said that recent floods have caused about $1.6 billion in agricultural losses across 19 provinces, Mehr News Agency reported. Heavy rains and floods have struck 1,900 cities and villages and damaged water and agriculture infrastructure across Iran, he added.