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Iraqi Kurdistan Floods: Students Rescued Before School Wall Collapse as Officials Report Deaths Elsewhere

Civil Defense reports confirm fatalities in two districts, highlighting strained local infrastructure.

Overview

  • Video circulating online shows children led out of a flooded school seconds before a wall collapses, with no injuries reported in that incident.
  • About 30 students were rescued from the building, according to reports.
  • The Iraqi News Agency, citing the Civil Defense Directorate, reports two deaths and five injuries in Chamchamal in Sulaymaniyah province.
  • Officials say a separate school wall collapse in the Shorash sub-district killed a 70-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman.
  • Neighboring Tehran received its first rainfall in months, with Associated Press–cited accounts noting a presidential warning about relocating government if dams are not replenished.