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Drought-stricken Iran sinks under deadly floods

Heavy flooding has battered Iran's south and southeast, the same areas that have been hardest hit by drought in recent years.

ALIREZA MASOUMI/ISNA/AFP via Getty Images
A picture taken on Jan. 13, 2020, shows flooding in Iran's Sistan-Baluchistan region with rainwater covering the village of Dashtiari. — ALIREZA MASOUMI/ISNA/AFP via Getty Images

At least 10 people are confirmed dead and several other remain missing in Iran's south and southeast as severe weather conditions and flash floods slam the impoverished region.

Dramatic footage in the past six days has shown a trail of destruction with bridges collapsing and cars washed away by the unprecedented precipitation in Sistan-Baluchistan, Kerman, Fars and Hormozgan provinces. 

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