Heavy rains in Pakistan since mid-June have caused flood damage. It is known that more than 900 people died from the rain damage. According to Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Bureau, record-breaking heavy rains for 24 hours on the 18th killed at least 14 people and injured 14 people in various accidents, including unexpected floods.
Heavy rains were particularly concentrated in Sindh and Balochistan in the southeast, killing 504,000 livestock, damaging about 3,000 kilometers of roads and 129 bridges, and collapsing at least 95,350 houses.Pakistan’s climate change minister Sherry Lehman said on Twitter on the 24th that 903 people were killed and 1,293 were injured. Among the deaths were 326 children and 191 women.
In Pakistan, monsoon rains begin every June and continue until September, during which numerous deaths and displaced people occur. Heavy rains in Pakistan are worse than usual, with rainfall reportedly 133% higher than the 30-year average in July.
As the rain is serious, Pakistan appealed for national support for the migration and restoration of victims in the affected areas. Amid the serious situation, heavy rain is forecast this weekend, raising concerns about damage. In Hyderabad, Pakistan, people are searching for roads flooded with heavy rain due to monsoon rains. Heavy rains have caused flooding across Pakistan since mid-June, killing 903 people and leaving about 50,000 homeless, the National Disaster Management Agency said.People pass a road flooded by heavy rain in Nasirabad, Pakistan’s southwestern province of Baluchistan, on Tuesday.
In Nasirabad, in the southwestern province of Balochistan, flood-stricken displaced people load their belongings into vehicles to escape their homes and move to a safe area. Abnormal heavy rains and floods in Pakistan killed 777 people, and officials said military-backed rescuers raced against time to evacuate thousands of people. Families of displaced people who have been hit by floods are riding an automatic rickshaw to escape their homes and move to a safe area in Jafrabad, in the southwestern province of Balochistan. Heavy rains have caused flooding across Pakistan since mid-June, killing 903 people and leaving about 50,000 homeless, the National Disaster Management Agency said. Army soldiers distribute food and other supplies to refugees at a relief camp in the flood-stricken area of Jamshoro in southern Pakistan on Monday.
JENNIFER KIM
ASIA JOURNAL
