Press TV - At least one personhas lost his life and five others have gone missing after huge sea wavescaused by strong winds smashed intothe port city of Dayyer in the southern Iranian province of Bushehr.
Governor of Dayyer Hamzeh E'temad said on Sunday that the body of one of the victims was retrieved from the sea.
He noted that the body belongedto a 40-year-old man, who had drowned after storms and flooding caused by seawater hit the port city.
E'temadadded that search and relief operations were ongoing to establishthe fate ofthe five missing with divers deployed to the scene.
The huge waves and ensuing floodsin Dayyer also injured at least 20 people and inflicted heavy damageon public property.
Meanwhile, the head of the medical emergency center of Bushehr Province, Abdolrahim Dadjou, told reporters that the cities of Assaluyeh and Nakhl Taqi have been affected by Sunday's natural disaster, addingthat two people were wounded in the two cities.
Deputy Interior Minister and Head of the National Disaster Management OrganizationEsmaeil Najjar also told IRNA that the incident in Dayyer and Assaluyeh damaged several residential homes, boats and ships.
He added that the waves were estimated to be more than three meters high.
