Geography > Precipitation: Countries Compared. After six years of drought and the worst winter in a decade, heavy rains and melting snow have killed as many as 200 people in Afghanistan over the last several days. In Farah province, 68 people have died in the floods.
Costs of the Border Wall. 353 miles of border wall and 299 miles of vehicle barrier have been constructed along the U.S. Mexico border. According to Taxpayers for Common Sense, the average mile of border wall costs taxpayers $4.5 million, an average mile of vehicle barrier $1.6 million. In some places the cost of construction has exceeded $12 million per mile.
Trump took his own stab at the figure in February, telling MSNBC he could finish the wall for $8 billion. But most other estimates are far higher. In 2015, Border Patrol officials said during a Senate hearing that the current 652 miles of wall had cost $2.3 billion. But that does not include increased costs for building across more difficult terrain or building the wall higher, as Trump has said he would do.