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KCR warns Halipads in all flood-affected areas Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday urged district officials to develop Halipads and use them for emergency services, relief measures, airlifting flood victims and other works in flood-affected areas like Kadam, Bhensa, Nirmal, Asifabad and Mancherial. Rao called up Minister Allular Indrakaran Reddy and asked him to take steps to ensure that officials prepare Halipads immediately in view of the flood situation and heavy rains that have been forecast for the next four days. He asked the minister to ensure that government machinery is on alert in all flood-affected areas and at irrigation projects. Flash flooding in northwest, more heavy rain forecast counties Derry, Donegal and Taron bore the burnt of damage caused by flash floods last night. Homeowners and businesses in Derry and Strabane have been assessing water damage this morning. The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said it received more than 100 emergency flood-related calls between 7pm yesterday evening and 1.30am this morning. It resulted in the service responding to 49 operational incident one person was rescued from a vehicle stranded in water and five people were brought to safety after they had become trapped in flooded properties. Flash flooding has killed at least 21 people in Iran's southern Fars province. The city of Estabhan was hardest hit with heavy rain swelling the Roudbo river, Governor Yusuf Karga said. Floods in Iran have been worsened by droughts, because rainwater is unable to permeate through the sun-baked earth. Mr Karga said several people visiting the riverside were caught by rising water levels. At least 55 people were rescued, head of Fars Crisis Management Department Khalil Abdollahi told Reuters. Iran is a largely arid country and has endured several droughts over the past decade, which have made the soil harder and more solid. This phenomenon is mainly due to climate change.