Eight killed in Iraqi Kurdistan floods

Eight people in northern Iraq died Friday in flash foods caused by torrential rains in Irbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, provincial governor Omid Khoshnaw said.

“The floods began at 4:00 am, and have left eight dead including women and children” he told AFP, reporting “significant” damage, especially in a working-class district in the east of the city of Irbil.