Humanitarian services in earthquake affected areas halted due to storm

Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) said that all humanitarian services program run in the earthquake-affected areas of Zinda Jan district of Herat province, have been halted due to the severe storm that began on Thursday.

Additionally, the camp set up by Afghan Red Crescent for rescue, sanitation, and shelter purposes have been demolished, ARCS said.

“During the storm, Afghan Red Crescent has relocated 256 families affected by the earthquake from the Naib Rafi camp to the Babaji camp. Unfortunately, some Afghan Red Crescent employees were injured while rescuing individuals impacted by the heavy wind storm and been shifted to the hospital for medical treatment,” ARCS said in X platform.

Thousands of people have been left homeless, most of whom also lost all their belongings. Coupled with this is the loss of lives. So far over 2,400 people are confirmed dead while another 2,000 were injured.

This came after another 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit the same area early Wednesday. A further 140 people were injured in this quake. All of them are now being treated at the Herat Provincial Hospital.