QUETTA, Pakistan: Intense floods killed dozens of people and left hundreds homeless in Pakistan, officials said on Sunday (Jul 9), as heavy monsoon rains battered the country.
In the southern part of province of Balochistan, 57 people, which includes women and children, were killed after becoming swept away within flood waters, based on Ziaullah Langove, the particular disaster and home affairs advisor towards the province’s chief ressortchef (umgangssprachlich), adding that 8 dams had burst open due to the heavy rains.
Hundreds more were left homeless after their houses collapsed in the rain and flooding, this individual said, adding monsoon rains were ongoing.
In north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa state two people, including a six year-old, passed away and four were injured when their house collapsed due to rainfall, according to a district recognized statement.
Heavy rains have lashed the country in current days, leaving huge swathes of Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, inundated with water.
In adjoining Afghanistan, 24 people have been killed by floods in the east and south of the country, a disaster management agency spokesman stated on Friday.
Pakistan’s Navy mentioned it was joining efforts to evacuate citizens and deliver rations and fresh water in Balochistan.
In 2010, the worst floods in memory affected 20 million individuals in Pakistan, along with damage to infrastructure running into billions of bucks and huge swathes of crops destroyed as one fifth from the country was full.