Devastating Monsoon rains kill over 430 persons, 24,000 livestock: NDMA

News Desk

ISLAMABAD: The prolonged spells of heavy monsoon rain thus far have killed 434 people, injured 605 persons, and killed 24,420 livestock whilst damaging  36,469  in various parts of the country.

The  National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) issued a detailed  24-hour situation on the scale of damages and losses across the country due to unprecedented rainfall and flash flooding.

The report highlighted that in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP)’s Bajaur district, heavy rain partially damaged 13 houses whereas in Charsadda District on July 29, heavy rain injured three persons, killed four cattle, fully damaged six houses and caused partial damage to  25 houses.

In Dera Ismail Khan district, heavy rain,  on the same date, caused partial damage to 16 houses whereas in Malakand District deaths of three persons were reported along with seven houses being partially damaged.

The damages reported in Mardan district included full damage to two houses and partial damage to 14 houses along with the damage to 24 kanals of maze crop.

In Mohmand district, death of a person was also reported along with a dozen of houses being partially damaged after a heavy downpour.

In Nowshera district, heavy rainfall partially damaged a house. In South Waziristan District, two children got injured and a house partially got damaged. In Swabi district, two women got injured and two houses got partially damaged. In Swat District, two cattle died and a cattle farm got damaged by the heavy downpour.

The situation is no better in other parts of the country. In Punjab’s Multan District, the heavy rain wounded a child and partially damaged a house. In Jhelum district, a child was reported to have drowned in the river. In Gilgit Baltistan (GB)’s Ghizer district, five houses got completely damaged whereas in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK)’s Mirpur district a child was reported to have drowned in the river.

The NDMA also ensured relief activities across the country to assist the provincial disaster management authorities (PDMAs). The NDMA provided 2,400 tents, 4,000 mosquito nets and 2,900 tarpaulins to PDMA Balochistan.

The PDMA Sindh handed over 4,189.5 kilograms relief items containing 40 Ration Bags, 76.5 Kg Cooking Oil, 400 Anti Snake Vaccines and Medicines and Medical Supplies to Air Force Authorities for further dispatch to Balochistan in addition to 600 tents sent earlier for the flood-affected areas of Uthal, Balochistan. Moreover, the rehabilitation activities were underway as the restoration work at Lunda Bridge at Uthal and Gaddani Bridge was in progress in Lasbela district.