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Most of the dead had gone outside to take video on their phones of the rising waters.At least 10 provinces were impacted by the flooding. More than 56,000 people have been affected by flooding in Iran this month.

With the threat of more heavy rain, authorities in Iran worked Saturday to evacuate villages in the southwestern province of Khuzestan.

Flash flooding earlier this week , the state news agency IRNA reported, citing Iran's Health Minister Saeed Namaki.

State television reported that at least 11 villages were being evacuated as officials released water from , according to Reuters.

Pirhossein Koulivand, the head of Iran's emergency medical services, said Thursday that the sudden flooding triggered by heavy rains had injured at least 74 others outside the city of Shiraz, according to Associated Press.

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A report by Iranian state TV said most of those killed had gone outside to take video on their phones of the rushing water.

More than 56,000 people have been affected in various cities and rural areas in 10 provinces as a result of heavy rainfall that hit on March 19 and 20.

Last year, at least 30 people were killed by flash floods in the Iranian province of Eastern Azerbaijan.