Low flood level has been recorded in the River Indus at Guddu and Sukkur and the River Sutlej at Ganda Singh Wala and Sulemanki, while dry weather is expected over most parts of the country in next 48 hours, according to weather forecast released on Saturday. The scale of disaster triggered by Monsoon 2019 is much higher than the disasters occurred in 2018 due to flooding in Monsoon.
According to data of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the recent floods triggered by monsoon rains resulted in at least 225 deaths, 166 injuries and destruction of 669 houses. As compared with the previous monsoon's disaster, the number of death increased by 90 people and 32 more were injured in current monsoon season. The government has earmarked Rs 309 million in current federal budget for preparedness against natural calamity for NDMA.
According to the NDMA's latest preliminary damages/losses details, 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.