The rain in Lorestan started from the heights, hit the slopes and on the way to the plains and waterways, it affected the communication routes of the villages and the service networks.
According to Tasnim; In parts of Papi Khorramabad and Zez and Mahro Aligudars, the runoff brought sediments and mud to the roads and landslides blocked access to dozens of villages.
In some places, broken poles and masts led to power outages, gas lines were damaged, and mountain falls even disrupted the movement of trains on the southern axis.
What happened after these rains was not just a flood in several places; It was a chain of road, electricity, gas and transportation disruptions that affected the lives of the residents of the mountainous areas of the province.
Ehsan Karamzadeh, the deputy head of the coordination of civil affairs of Lorestan governorate, in a special interview, explaining the dimensions of this situation, announced that in total, the communication road of 170 villages in the two districts of Papi Khorramabad and Zez and Mahro Aligudarz have been blocked due to landslides and flowing water.
According to him, out of this number, 120 village roads are located in Papi sector and 50 village roads are located in Zez and Mahro, and electricity has been cut in 90 villages and heavy machinery has been deployed to reopen the roads in the affected areas.
In the Papi section, the intensity of rainfall and the amount of runoff was so great that the main axis of Khorramabad-Sapidasht was also disrupted for some time. This route was later reopened with the efforts of road forces and service providers, but the operation in the area did not end.
Six road machines were still present in the area to continue clearing the road and removing possible obstacles. In Sepiddasht itself, water had entered 70 residential units, and rescue forces, service providers and the Red Crescent intervened to drain the water and deal with the condition of flooded houses.
The consequences of these rains were not limited to land routes. On the north-south railway route, mountain and rock falls at five points from Sepiddasht to Tang Haft disrupted the movement of trains and passengers were stopped at Telezang station.
Predicting the possibility of blocking the railway line was already on the agenda of crisis management, and after the disturbance, the transfer of passengers to land routes was on the agenda.
The deputy head of the coordination of civil affairs of Lorestan governorate has announced the dispatch of 44 buses and middle buses to Durood railway station and the transfer of 1,264 passengers to the cities of Andimshek, Ahvaz, Dezful and Khorramshahr.
In the gas network, the collapse of the mountain and damage to the transmission and distribution lines caused problems in the Papi sector. According to Karamzadeh, gas was cut off in seven villages with about 300 customers, and specialized groups were sent to the area to access the damaged area and repair the lines.
The power outage affected 90 villages in the two districts of Papi, Zez, and Mahro, and the electricity of three villages was connected until last evening, and operational groups are working to restore services in the affected areas.
Additional reports from the electricity distribution company showed that in the areas where the access road was open, the operational forces were able to repair and connect the electricity, but in the areas where the landslides and floods closed the roads, the presence of technical groups faced obstacles.
In addition to the damage to the infrastructure, initial reports indicated damage to a number of residential houses and the loss of a number of livestock in the areas of Papi, Zez and Mahro, but the final amount of damage was not yet known.
Against this volume of rainfall, the deputy head of the coordination of civil affairs of Lorestan governorate has pointed out a series of preventive and operational measures.
Karamzadeh said that meteorological warnings about the possibility of El Nino phenomenon had been received months ago, and since the last months of summer, crisis management meetings have been held under the chairmanship of the governor at the province and city level.
With the approach of the rainy system and the issuance of orange and red warnings, emergency meetings were held continuously from Tuesday with the presence of managers of executive bodies and governors of 12 cities.
According to him, the governors were present in the field in different regions and crisis management meetings were held two to three times on some days so that the facilities of the executive, relief and operational agencies could be used to deal with the weather conditions.
In Lorestan, the recent rains affected several vital networks at the same time: roads that should connect villages to cities, electricity and gas that depend on the daily life of households, and the railway line that connects the north and south of the country.
The rain in Aligudarz does not fall only on the heights; The water came down from the slopes, caused the rivers to flow and on its way affected the communication ways of the villages, the electricity network and the service infrastructures.
In a city where a significant part of its settlements are located in mountainous areas and scattered valleys, the intensity of the rains soon showed itself in the difficulty of commuting and cutting access to some villages.
Mehdi Adavi, the governor of Aligudarz, has announced that the communication roads of 19 villages have been blocked and electricity has been cut in seven to eight villages following the recent rains and floods.
According to him, road forces and service providers are still working to reopen the roads, connect electricity and restore services in the affected areas.
The dimensions of the disturbance in the rural roads of Aliguderz were revealed from the early hours of the rainfall system. In the first reports, the communication route of 50 villages was declared blocked. After that, the governor announced the reopening of the road to 15 villages and announced that the road to 34 villages is still closed.
Along with the communication routes, the electricity network of the villages has also been damaged by the rains. The power cut of eight villages is reported in a situation where the disruption in Aligudarz electricity supply even extended to the city limits, and the super distribution substation number one of this city was damaged by heavy rain and lightning in the early hours of Saturday, November 16.
This incident led to power outages in different areas of the city from 6:14 in the morning. When the second transformer entered the circuit, after about 20 minutes, a part of the city and county was re-energized, but the first transformer was still out of circuit and a number of network feeders faced power outages.
One of the most important signs of the intensity of rainfall in Zuzumahero was the flooding of the Zez River. The increase in the water flow of this river after heavy rains increased the concern about the movement of villagers and the activities located on the banks of the river.
In the same region, reports of damage to a number of fish farms on the banks of the Zez River were published; Although this damage in the initial report was not yet officially confirmed by the responsible authorities.
Rainfall in the heights of Aliguderz took a different form. At the same time as the temperature dropped, the rain turned into snow in the highlands and Golehbadosh pass on the Aliguderz-Sholabad axis was covered in white on Friday, November 15.
In the urban area of ​​Aligudarz, the rains also led to the flooding of roads and marginal points. Mohammad Lotfi Mianjaei, the mayor of Aligudarz, announced that 15 cases of flooding were registered, 10 of which were located in the urban area and five in the peripheral areas.
The deputy governor and special governor of Borujerd, Qadratullah Voldi, announced that 6 villages in the south of this city are at risk of flooding and said: The order to evacuate one of these villages has been issued due to the risk of landslides.
He stated: Following the rains, the villages of Islamabad, Qalano Hakimi, Verkoh, Kanarvand, Tange Mohammad Haji and Kapar Jodki in the south of Borujard city are exposed to waterlogging and floods.
The special governor of Borujerd added: Due to the special geographical conditions of Tenge Mohammad Haji village and the possibility of landslides, the order to evacuate this village has been issued.
Emphasizing the necessity of observing safety precautions by the residents of these areas, Voldi noted: Residents of at-risk villages should refrain from traveling in flood roads and high-risk areas and should take the warnings and recommendations of the authorities seriously.
