Iran ordered tens of thousands of residents of the southwestern city of Ahvaz to evacuate immediately on Wednesday as floodwaters entered the capital of oil-rich Khuzestan province, state television reported.
The province's governor, Gholamreza Shariati, said he ordered the evacuation of five districts as a "precautionary and preventive move to avert any danger", Iran's Tasnim news agency reported.
The districts have an estimated population of between 60,000 and 70,000.
Shariati asked young men to "help us in building dykes and to assist in the evacuation of women, children and the elderly."
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