At least 20 people have died, 80 are injured, and more than 100 are missing after flash floods hit Afghanistan's eastern Nuristan province on Monday, according to Yousuf Hamad, spokesperson for the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority.

CGTN Stringer is on the ground in provincial capital Parun, speaking with residents and local officials about the devastation and the race to save lives. Local official Zain-ul-Abidin Abid has issued an urgent appeal, calling on the authorities to act and urging business leaders, charities and humanitarian agencies to rush emergency aid to the affected families.