ISLAMABAD: Flash surges caused by abnormally heavy monsoon rains killed at least 549 people in Pakistan over the past month, along with remote communities within the impoverished southwestern state of Balochistan one of the worst hit, the government agency said.
Authorities agencies and the military have set up help and relief camps in flood strike regions, and had been working to help move families and provide as well as medicine. Aside from the fatalities, the flooding had damaged more than 46, 200 houses, the particular National Disaster Administration Authority (NDMA) stated on Friday (Aug 5).
“We’re doing our best to give for extensive reduction and rehabilitation associated with flood victims, inch Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said throughout visit to stricken locations.
The past month was the wettest in three decades, with 133 per cent more rainfall than the average within the past 30 years, the NDMA said. Balochistan, which borders Iran and Afghanistan, received 305 per cent more rain than the annual typical, the disaster company said.