More than 1,200 people died It has emerged as a result of heavy and torrential rains in recent weeks in Pakistan, which is preparing to face new floods in the south of the country.
While the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) stated that 416 children were among the 1,208 deaths, The number of injured rose to 6,082. 19 more deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hours.
The water level in the southern Pakistani city of Dadu continued to rise this Friday. This increase is the result of the very pronounced flooding of the Indus River, which left a halo of destruction in various parts of the country, causing terrible flooding.
Emergency crews this Friday evacuating millions of people living in remote villages in the south of the country, He expects new floods to subside and rivers from the north to overflow, Pakistan newspaper Dawn reported.
“A race against time”, said Murtaza Wahab, spokesperson for the Sindh state government. The devastation is now spreading south, the floodwaters rushing into Dadu’s lakes of Manchhar and Johi, thousands of people stranded without food and shelter.
The Indus River, flowing south from the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea, overflowed once again after heavy rains in the mountains last week. About 20,000 cubic meters of water per second is now flowing down the river and will soon reach the major cities of Sindh.
Meanwhile, in the north, vThe heavy rain, which was effective last week, continues to flood many places. Although virulence has already decreased, thousands of people are still without food or shelter.
Source: Informacion
