ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The body of a teenager was located in the town of Takiya, Sulaimani province on Saturday, eight hours after he disappeared during the flooding, a local official confirmed to Rudaw. "Ramiyar Bakhtyar, 18, drowned in the flooding in the village of Kalawa. His dead body was discovered today," Ibrahim Ahmed, the mayor of Takiya, told Rudaw, noting the body had been washed away in the flooding. A heavy rainstorm hit the Kurdistan Region, causing massive flooding in the early hours of Friday. Twelve people were killed in Erbil. Ahmed said that the death of the teenager is the only known casualty of the flash flood. The Kurdistan Region has seen a wave of deadly and destructive floods, with the capital Erbil bearing the brunt of the heavy rainstorms Houses, cars, shops, and markets across several neighborhoods and districts in Erbil were badly damaged in the flood on Friday, but the full extent of the wreckage has not been announced yet. This year's rainstorms come after the Region saw a summer of drought. More heavy rain is expected in the coming days, according to the Region's meteorology department.
