Death toll from Iran floods rises to 10

TEHRAN, Iran (Reuters) -- At least 10 people have died this week in floods in northeastern Iran, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Floods caused by torrential rain killed seven people in two villages in Samalqan, in northern Khorasan province, Kayhan daily said.

Three teenaged brothers died in nearby Chenaran region as they tried to rescue their sheep from a flooded barn.

The unseasonal rain hit in the midst of a severe drought and lasted only about 20 minutes. But it damaged farms and totally destroyed crops in Khorasan.

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