In Pakistan’s flood situation, at least 36 people, including seven children and five women, were killed and 145 others injured, after a heavy monsoon rain.
The deaths and injuries were confirmed by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in the past 24 hours, on August 21.
Notably, this monsoon, approximately 728 people in total lost their lives due to rain-related incidents in Pakistan. Furthermore, 27,870 houses were destroyed in the country.
Furthermore,
Rescue and relief operations by the NDMA, other government organizations, volunteers, and non-government organizations are underway in the flood-hit areas.
Army troops reached affected areas in interior Sindh and its capital city Karachi with flood relief equipment, a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said on Saturday evening.
The army rescue teams have been carrying out dewatering operations and ration distribution in affected areas of Sindh, the ISPR said, adding that the reserve rescue teams are on high alert to meet any emergency in the wake of continuous rains and urban flooding in Karachi and interior Sindh.
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