The fault block mountain range that climbs from northwest to southeast, and which enables prolonged rain to fall as orographic rain when weather systems drive in from the west and northwest, gives rise to twice as much precipitation as in the lowlands which exceeds 1, 100 mm on the upper reaches of the mountains.
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Eighteen Western relief agencies, forced to suspend humanitarian work inside Afghanistan, warned that monumental tragedy may be in the offing if food and medical convoys cannot reach people before the onset of the country's brutal winter, with the snow starting to block mountain passes and isolate villages, towns, and even some cities by late November.
