ISLAMABAD, Aug 20 (NNN-APP) – At least 215 were killed, in rain-triggered accidents and floods in Pakistan so far, in the monsoon season, including 20 deaths in the last 24 hours, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) reported, yesterday.
A total of 43 people were reported to have suffered injuries, in the last 24 hours, while the number of injured in the monsoon season starting from July went up to 405, the NDMA said in a report.
All through the season, the dead included 108 children and 32 women, said the report.
Eastern Punjab province was the worst affected area, with 86 deaths, followed by the north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the southern Sindh provinces, with 65 and 37 deaths, respectively.
It added that, 18 people were killed in the south-western Balochistan province, five were killed in the Pakistan-controlled Kashmir and four died in the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region.
The NDMA also said that, 448 livestock animals have perished, while 2,575 houses and 31 bridges were damaged during the cited period.
A fresh wet spell of moderate intensity with isolated heavy rainfalls is expected, in the next 48 hours, over the upper catchments of rivers Kabul, Indus and Jhelum, according to the report.
A total of 86 camps for medical service and relief, have been set up by the government, where 4,102 persons have got treatment or relief, it said.
The monsoon season runs through Sept in the country.– NNN-APP
