Monsoon rains claimed 225 lives, destroyed 669 homes: NDMA

24 Aug, 2019

The recent floods triggered by monsoon rains have resulted in at least 225 deaths, 166 injuries and destruction of 669 houses, said National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
According to the NDMA's latest preliminary damages/losses details issued here on Friday, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the worst hit by monsoon rains wherein a total of 74 people were killed, 67 got injured and 198 houses were destroyed. Sindh is second worst hit region of the country affected by flooding with killing of over 60 people, injuring of 16 and destruction of 34 houses, followed by Azad Kashmir with 42 killings, 18 injuries and destruction of 128 houses while in Balochistan 12 people died and 10 got injured.
According to the NDMA, eight persons were killed in Gilgit-Baltistan, 12 got injured and 170 houses got damaged while two persons were killed in the federal capital by monsoon floods.
Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Punjab has set up 95 relief camps and 61 medical camps in the areas along River Sutlej. The PDMA Sindh has rescued 2,464 families residing in relief camp established in district Thatta, while the authorities have evacuated 1,647 persons in Punjab.

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