Iran's orange rain warning Floods and winds forecast

Oct 5

A Meteorological Organization expert identifies a system becoming active late Monday and Tuesday in the northwest, with orange warnings for Ardabil, East and West Azerbaijan and Kurdistan. She forecasts runoff, river rises, localized flooding, lightning, wind and damage to temporary structures or weak trees, and urges avoiding riverbanks. Wednesday risk includes southern East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan, Zanjan and Kurdistan, potential crop damage, and strong wind and dust across western, central, eastern and Alborz areas. These are forecasts and issued-warning claims, not observed floods or damage.

In the October 5 studio briefing, the Meteorological Organization forecasts an incoming system and orange-level heavy-rain warnings for northwestern provinces on October 6 and 7, with runoff, localized flooding, crop, lightning, wind and dust risks. It urges avoiding riverbanks. The original alert issuance time is unknown and the impacts are forecasts, not observed damage.