Flood
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Watershed Projects Need Impetus
EghtesadOnline: Watershed management projects have been carried out for almost one million hectares in 10 flood producing provinces in 12 months, head of Flood Control and Watershed Management…
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Flood Inflicts $6m in Losses on Golestan Province
EghtesadOnline: Flooding in eastern parts of Golestan Province on July 16 has inflicted losses worth 1.5 trillion rials ($6 million).
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Floodwaters Inflict New Losses in South and SW Iran
EghtesadOnline: Heavy rains that began Monday have led to flash floods in the west and southwest of Iran, causing damage to infrastructure in some provinces.
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Flooding in Iran: World's Ninth Costliest Weather Disaster of 2019
EghtesadOnline: Severe flooding that hit Iran in March and April was the world's ninth costliest weather disaster of 2019, according to insurance broker Aon (formerly called Aon Benfield).
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Contingency Plans Crucial in Flood Risk Management
EghtesadOnline: Timely and effective flood mitigation strategies help in saving precious lives and minimizing material loss, director of the National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company…
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Iran’s Economy Incurs Heavy Losses From Natural Disasters
EghtesadOnline: Floods have inflicted losses worth nearly 90 trillion rials [$690 million] on Iran’s economy in the fiscal 2019-20.
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Floods Create Havoc in Iranian Southern Regions
EghtesadOnline: Heavy rainfall in the southern Hormozgan and southeastern Kerman and Sistan-Baluchestan provinces in the past few days has damaged houses, bridges, power/water infrastructure,…
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Japan's Experience in Water and Wastewater Engineering
EghtesadOnline: Water issues (including scarcity of drinking water, poor infrastructure, floods and droughts) are crucial in developing nations like Iran.
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Khuzestan Oil Regions in Flood Zone
EghtesadOnline: Flash floods during the past three weeks in the west and southwest are taking a toll on oil production in oil-rich Khuzestan Province, the National Iranian Oil Company's deputy…