Pakistan He requested this Sunday the support of the rest of the countries to face the serious floods that have left more than a thousand dead since mid-June, when the heavy monsoon rains began.
“Some countries have promised help and it is coming to us, but we need more to help millions of people affected by the floods,” Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal told Efe.
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عوام بے احتیاطی کرتے ہوئے۔ میری اپیل ہے کہ سیلاب کے پانی سے بچیں اور احتیاط کریں۔ pic.twitter.com/dlSIjJlFoX— Ahsan Iqbal (@betterpakistan) August 27, 2022
The United States, the United Kingdom, China and the United Arab Emirates, among other countries, have responded to Pakistan’s call, but more funds are needed to respond to the worst floods the country has experienced since 2010, the year in which more than 2,000 people perished. by the floods.
The first flight with assistance and relief material is scheduled to land this afternoon at the Noor Khan air base in northern Rawalpindi, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office, quoted by Efe. It will be followed by another 15 planes with humanitarian material that will arrive in the coming days from the United Arab Emirates.
At least 1,033 people have died across the country since the start of the rains on June 14, 119 of them in the last 24 hours, according to the latest report from the Pakistan National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). Rainfall has also left 1,527 injured in the last two months, the NDMA reported.
Minister Iqbal, who also chairs the National Flood Relief Committee, said all government agencies are working day and night to provide rescue and relief services to flood victims.
The floods caused havoc in recent days mainly in the north, due to the flooding of the Kabul and Swat rivers, which cross the Nowshera and Charsadda districts of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The images reveal how the water entered hundreds of houses in various towns, forcing thousands of people to flee and spend the night on the roads accompanied by their cattle.
The Indus River, which runs through the country from north to south, is also at risk of imminent flooding at several points, forcing local authorities to evacuate many towns. According to an official at Jinnah Dam in northern Pakistan, the flow of water into the dam is 440,000 cubic feet per second at the moment, posing a very high risk of overflow.
In addition, the authorities warned of a second wave of flooding in the southern province of Sindh, where millions of people are already sleeping in tents or outdoors due to the ravages of heavy rains that devastated the region. The Government declared an emergency in the areas affected by the floods and the Army is deployed to help the victims, this report points out.
Chaired National Flood Relief Committee meeting at NDMA headquarters. All government agencies are working 24/7 to provide rescue & relief services to millions of flood victims. The scale of suffering is unprecedented but so is our resolve.#FloodsInPakistan #PakistanFloods pic.twitter.com/GLTf5CzGSp
— Ahsan Iqbal (@betterpakistan) August 27, 2022
The country is suffering from the severe flooding at a time when it is facing a faltering economy, depleted foreign exchange reserves, a collapsing local currency and rising inflation, which topped 44% over the past week. .
During the monsoon season in South Asia – from June to September – landslides and floods are common and, in addition to victims, significant material damage is caused.
With information from Eph.
