ISLAMABAD, Aug 29 (NNN-APP) – Over 33 million people and 72 districts have been affected by the ongoing calamity of floods in Pakistan, caused by this season’s monsoon rains, started in mid-June, the country’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said.
According to a report released by the NDMA late last night, the country’s southern Sindh province remained the worst-hit region as 23 of its districts and over 14.5 million people have been affected by the floods.
The report added that, south-west Balochistan was the second most affected province, with more than nine million of its population and 31 districts suffered.
The country suffered a 188 percent increase in rainfall throughout this season, till yesterday, in comparison to the average rainfall over the last three decades, the report said, adding that, the 30-year-average rainfall in Pakistan had been 135mm. During this season it went up to 390mm.
The NDMA said that, Sindh province recorded a 470 percent increase in rainfall, with 697mm this season, compared to 122mm of average rainfall in the last 30 years, followed by Balochistan province which witnessed a 411 percent increase.– NNN-APP
