10,860 houses were completely destroyed and more than 17,000 others suffered extensive damage, according to NDMA data.
At least 36 people have died and 145 others have been injured in the floods caused by heavy rains in the last 24 hours in Pakistan, as announced by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). Among the victims are seven children and five women.
Floods in occupied Baluchistan by Pakistan
Left Baluch people hopeless beyond the imagination
World is blind can not see it Shame we will never forgive these cruelties pic.twitter.com/pW9t6ziX5t— M__B (@Baluch__M) August 19, 2022
The southern province of Sindh suffered the worst, with 18 dead and 128 injured. 11 people died in the province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (north-west) and another 7 in the eastern province of Punjab.
10,860 houses were completely destroyed and more than 17,000 others suffered extensive damage, according to NDMA data.
Over 90% population of taunsa sharif is drowning in flood..@ImranKhanPTI@UsmanAKBuzdar@GovtofPunjabPK@IGP_Punjab@CMShehbaz@OfficialDPRPP@OfficialDGISPR@beinggurudotcom@NAofPakistan@UNICEF_Pakistan#TownsaNeedsAttention#TownsaFlood pic.twitter.com/1aLjSDDHa4
— MEHTAB AHMAD (@mehtabshahw123) August 18, 2022
The total death toll in Pakistan’s monsoon season (from mid-June to date) has reached 728, including 263 children and 156 women, NDMA says, adding that 116,771 houses, 129 bridges and 50 shops have been destroyed.
Army forces have been deployed in the affected areas, where essential items are being transported to the flood victims.
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