Iran has began to evacuate more towns after forecasts of new round of rains and flooding, as the death toll from the recent floods after 3 weeks of heavy rainfall in which around 70 people were killed. Authorities have issued warnings for a fresh round of flooding in the regions bordering Iraq, home to a number of rivers and dams. Many downpours were predicted with 400,000 people at risk. To ease water build-up, floodgates of dangerously full dams were opened. Continuous floods have also destroyed infrastructures and displaced thousands of people across Iran.