KABUL, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Two children lost their lives and three others were injured as roofs of two houses collapsed in the southern Afghanistan's Helmand province on Tuesday, said a statement of the provincial Directorate for Information and Culture on Wednesday.

The incidents took place in Garmsir and Gereshk districts respectively in the wake of rain and snowfall.

So far, rain and snowfall have claimed 61 lives and injured 110 in Afghanistan since last week. ■