The 75-year-old heard the fatal roar of incoming water while he was only 100 meters from his home in northern Afghanistan.
Noor bolted toward the direction of the house, where his wife, sister, son, and two grandchildren slept.
However, it was already too late.
The unexpected downpour of water carried his family and house away.
Due to a mix of very strong storms that followed a dry winter, which left the ground too hard to absorb all the rain, flash floods occurred on Friday. Miles of devastation are left behind.
According to the World Food Programme, 2,000 dwellings and over 300 people have perished.
