Financial Tribune - Snow cover in the western and northwest mountain basins has witnessed a 20% rise compared to last year. According to ISNA, snow has covered almost 275,000 kilometers in Iran and when it starts melting it will produce a huge volume of water. "Snow in mountains streaming down to Karkheh and Dez Rivers cover 15,000 kilometers,...

Bourse and Bazaar | AFP: Sweat rolling down his cheek, Ghasem Arabi filled sandbags to prop-up a makeshift dyke as flood waters surged just metres behind him in Iran's deluge-stricken southwest. "Our youth are working day and night," said the 37-year-old nurse as he helped shovel sand into plastic sacks held by fellow residents in the agricultural ...

Tasnim The governor of Irans southwestern province of Khuzestan said a major dam on the Karkhe river has overflown and local residents in a number of cities and villages, including Soosangerd, have been ordered to leave their homes. In comments on Monday, Gholamreza Shariati said while the inflow and outflow of water at the Dez dam have declined ...

Tasnim | Mehdi Pedram Khou: At least 56 villages lying near the Dez and Karkheh rivers in the oil-rich southwestern province of Khuzestan were being evacuated as officials released water from two major dams along the rivers due to forecasts for more rain.  

MNA Wildfire is once again sweeping through Hour al-Azim wetland and has drastically influenced the air quality of Khuzestan province in Iran. The wildfire in Iraqi part of the wetland had been mostly contained some 5 days ago with the help of aircrafts and helicopters. A shared wetland between Iran and Iraq, Hour al-Azim has been hit by wildfire ...