TEHRAN, April 5 (Xinhua) -- While the Iranian relief organizations, armed forces and volunteer groups are contributing to the restoration of ordinary life in Iran's flood-hit areas, reports forecast heavy rainfall in the coming days.
Iran's Meteorological Organization announced that a new wave of rainfall will happen on Friday evening and will affect the western as well as southwestern regions of Iran.
Iran's southwestern Khuzestan province has been put in an alert condition for the likelihood of flooding, according to the Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) on Friday.
Iran's interior minister said Friday that five provinces adjacent to Khuzestan are in alert condition to deploy assistance amid the flood risks, ISNA reported.
Besides, the meteorological reports predicted that the flood-stricken areas of Golestan province will see a heavy rain from Saturday.
Following the recent calamity like deadly floods and landslides, the global community has expressed sympathy for the Iranian authorities as well as the victims.
Turkey, Germany and Kuwait have sent their relief aids to Iran amid the Iranian officials' outcry that the United States has banned the dispatch of international assistance to the Iranian victims.
Unprecedented floods across Iran over the past weeks have claimed the lives of at least 70 people, official IRNA news agency reported on Friday.
Deputy Road and Construction Minister, Abul Hashem Hassannia, said that opening transportation paths was his main priority, according to Press TV.
Hundreds of people have also been relocated as downpours and floods surrounded villages and cities in Iran.
Dozens of villages have disappeared under the mud and sludge in the west of Iran.
On Friday, Shahin Fathi, deputy director at Iran's Rescue and Relief Organization, said that 1,900 cities and villages are affected by flood over the past weeks, Tehran Times daily reported.
Besides, 25,000 homes around the country have been destroyed as the results of heavy rainfall and subsequent floods.
The government and various charity organizations have pledged to provide the victims with non-repayable loans to compensate for the losses, said the report.
