9 people killed as floods hit Iraq

13/12/2025 7:27

Heavy rainfall and flash floods have killed 9 people and injured several others across Iraq, local media reported on Friday.



"The number of deaths caused by floods and weather fluctuations between Dec. 9 and 11 reached six, while the number of injuries totaled two," a source at the Iraqi Health Ministry told the official Iraqi News Agency.



It reported two deaths and one injury in Kirkuk province, two deaths in Dhi Qar province, one fatality in both Wasit and Diwaniyah provinces, and one injury in Najaf province.



Separately, Kurdish media network Rudaw said that in Iraq's Kurdistan Region, Sulaimaniyah province recorded three fatalities.



Meanwhile, the forecast from the Iraqi Meteorological Organization and Seismology indicates a period of unstable and wet weather ahead.



Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani on Wednesday directed the allocation of emergency funds and relief assistance to Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region following a wave of severe weather and heavy flooding that struck the region and neighboring provinces.