UETTA: Dozens killed and hundreds homeless in severe floods PakistanOfficials said on Saturday that the country has received heavy monsoon rains.
in the southern province of Balochistan57 people including women and children died after being washed away in flood waters Ziaullah LangovThe disaster and home affairs advisor to the province’s chief minister said eight dams had collapsed due to heavy rains.
Hundreds of people were left homeless as their houses collapsed in the rains and floods, he said, adding that monsoon rains were continuing.
in the north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Two people, including a six-year-old child, were killed and four others were injured in the province when houses collapsed due to rain, according to an official statement from the district.
Heavy rains lashed the country in recent days, flooding large parts of Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi.
in the neighbourhood AfghanistanA spokesman for the disaster management agency said on Friday that 24 people have died in floods in the east and south of the country.
of Pakistan Navy Said that it is joining efforts to evacuate civilians in Balochistan and to deliver ration and fresh water.
In 2010, the worst floods in memory in Pakistan affected 20 million people, caused billions of dollars in ongoing infrastructure damage and submerged a fifth of the country.
in the southern province of Balochistan57 people including women and children died after being washed away in flood waters Ziaullah LangovThe disaster and home affairs advisor to the province’s chief minister said eight dams had collapsed due to heavy rains.
Hundreds of people were left homeless as their houses collapsed in the rains and floods, he said, adding that monsoon rains were continuing.
in the north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Two people, including a six-year-old child, were killed and four others were injured in the province when houses collapsed due to rain, according to an official statement from the district.
Heavy rains lashed the country in recent days, flooding large parts of Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi.
in the neighbourhood AfghanistanA spokesman for the disaster management agency said on Friday that 24 people have died in floods in the east and south of the country.
of Pakistan Navy Said that it is joining efforts to evacuate civilians in Balochistan and to deliver ration and fresh water.
In 2010, the worst floods in memory in Pakistan affected 20 million people, caused billions of dollars in ongoing infrastructure damage and submerged a fifth of the country.