- Heavy rainfall has been affecting most of Afghanistan, causing several severe weather-related incidents, floods and landslides, with casualties and widespread damage.
- Media report that since 26 March 110 people died, 160 were injured, some people are still missing. Nearly 1 000 houses were destroyed and approximately 4 150 damaged houses were damaged, countrywide. The Kabul-Jalalabad highway has been closed for 4 days.
- In addition, an earthquake of 5.8 M at a depth of 186 km occurred in north-eastern Afghanistan (near the border with Pakistan) on 3 April at 16.12 UTC (20.42 local time). The epicentre was located approximately 35 km south of the Jurm village (Badakhshan province). Media report 12 fatalities, four injured people, five destroyed houses and 33 damaged houses across the Kabul, Panjsher, Logar, Nangarhar, Laghman and Nuristan provinces.
- Over the next 24 hours more rainfall, locally heavy, is in the forecast for large parts of the country.
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