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At least 32 people have died in western Afghanistan as flash floods swept through the region.More than 700 homes were damaged by the floods, an Afghan official said.Some of the same areas dealt with years of drought before the flooding.

At least 32 people have died and 12 others are missing after flash flooding struck northern and western provinces of Afghanistan over a two-day span, an official said.

Mohammad Aslam Sayas, an official with Afghanistan's federal disaster and humanitarian ministry, said Friday that nearly 400 homes have also been damaged.

More than 700 houses were , Hasibullah Shir Khani, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s National Disaster Management Authority, told the Reuters news agency on Saturday.

Shir Ahmad, from the Herat province, said, “My house and my farmland have been destroyed by floods. If you go and see the destruction it makes you cry.”

Gelani Farhad, spokesman for the provincial governor in Herat, said least seven people, including five children, have died in the province as a result of the flooding and hundreds of homes are believed to be damaged as well as hundreds of cattle killed.

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Aid groups said tens of thousands of people may have been affected by the flooding, some of whom are farmers impacted by a years-long drought.

"We’re hearing from people in Badghis that it’s the worst storm they’ve had in 20 years. These floodwaters are going to cause further devastation to families who have been barely coping with a drought ," said World Vision’s Narges Ghafary in a ReliefWeb release.