Iran storm kills five, including three babies-radio
Pastor Dale Morgan
Iran storm kills five, including three babies-radio*
17 Mar 2007 11:08:23 GMT
Source: Reuters
TEHRAN, March 17 (Reuters) - Three babies choked to death when a sand
storm swept through an Iranian desert city on Friday night, state radio
and a senior official said on Saturday.
Two other people also died when winds of 130 km (80 miles) per hour bore
down on Bam in southeastern Iran, the city's governor told the radio.
Bam was hit by a major earth quake that killed 31,000 people in 2003.
Fourteen people were injured in the storm, which also caused extensive
material damage and cut off electricity for several hours. Television
footage showed overturned and stranded cars, the windows smashed and
sand covering the seats.
"Three children under the age of one were suffocated by sand and two
other people died in a car accident," said Bam's governor, who the radio
identified only by his surname Etemadi.
"The storm damaged houses, cars, trees and farming ... it caused damages
of about 100 billion toman (more than $100 million) to the city," he said.