Despite Heavy Southern Downpour, Water Inflow to Dams Drop 40%

Heavy rainfall in the southern provinces in the past few days has damaged houses, bridges and power/water infrastructure, flooded streets and displaced people.
In the past three days, Konarak, Chabahar, Nikshahr and Delgan counties in Sistan-Baluchestan Province recorded 350 millimeters, 250mm, 200mm and 150mm of rainfall respectively while the average annual rainfall is less than 100 mm in these areas.
Torrential rains, which started on Jan. 2, have led to flash floods in several cities of Hormozgan, Sistan-Baluchestan, Kerman and Fars provinces and made villages inaccessible, as roads remain blocked and communications are also cut off.
“Despite heavy downpour in southern provinces, water inflow into dams across Iran from the beginning of the current water year, [Sept. 23, 2021] until Jan. 3, 2022, has been as low as 5 billion cubic meters,” Firouz Qasemzadeh, the head of Data and Information Department at Iran Water Resources Management Company, said.