ISLAMABAD (TIP): Torrential rains in Pakistan have killed at least 50 people and injured 87 others while damaging scores of residential properties in the past few days, the country’s disaster management agency said on July 7.
The pre-monsoon rains began in the last week of June and have continued at short intervals across the country, bringing floods in Balochistan province and affecting traffic on the highways in the province. According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Pakistan’s largest province of Punjab has been badly hit where 34 people have lost their lives due to rain-related incidents, followed by 10 deaths in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, five in Balochistan, and one in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. As many as 62 houses have been partially or fully damaged across the country while 15 animals killed, according to the NDMA.
Lahore received record rains this week and the city has been flooded.
Balochistan received massive rains in its different districts and the provincial disaster management authority issued a high alert to cope with rains and flash floods which led to suspension of traffic at some highways linking the province with Sindh and Punjab. “We have issued directives to all deputy commissioners about the possible damages due to flash floods in seasonal streams and rivers and have sent necessary relief goods to immediately provide relief,” PDMA Director General Jahanzeb Khan said on Thursday.
(PTI)