Floods Claim 549 lives in Pakistan

News Desk

Islamabad: Flash floods caused by abnormally heavy monsoon rains killed at least 549 people in Pakistan over the past month, with rural areas in the province of Balochistan among the worst-hit, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

11 deaths were recorded in various incidents amid monsoon rains in the past 24 hours, while the flooding had damaged over 46,219 houses, the NDMA said on Friday. Rescue and relief operations are underway in the flood-affected areas.

The government agencies and the army have established aid and relief camps in flood-affected areas and are trying to assist in the evacuation of families and supply food and medicine. The NDMA also handed over relief goods to the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) and Provincial Disaster Management Authorities (PDMA) of Sindh and Balochistan.

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On the directives of the Prime Minister, the distribution of relief cheques of Rs 1 million per person to the flood victims is also in progress.

The humanitarian organizations continued to deliver relief goods in the rain-affected areas and also set up medical camps in the disaster-hit regions.

Pakistan received 133% above-average monsoon rainfall

The government agency NDMA said the country received unprecedented rainfall during the prevailing monsoon season, which was 133 percent above average.

The prevailing abnormal monsoon rainfall pattern has surpassed the past 30-year record of rains in the season, the NDMA spokesperson said in a news release.

The rainfall ratio recorded in the federating units of the country is as follows:

Source: NDMA