54 people killed in 24 hours of heavy monsoon rain in Pakistan
The government’s Disaster Agency said on Thursday that Pakistan has been connected to about 180 heavy rainfall since the arrival of monsoon in the last 24 hours.
The heavy rain has almost spilled in some parts of Punjab province since Wednesday morning and caused urban floods and houses to collapse.
Rescue teams used boats to evacuate families from the villages along the river south of the morning, but the water began to retreat in the afternoon.
“Children were screaming for help and women stood on the roof, shook their shawls and begged to be saved,” a 51 -year -old farmer in the village of Ladian. He said.
The residents living in the low areas near the Nullah Lai River passing through the City of Rawalpindi, the capital of the capital Islamabad, were ordered to be released after a sharp increase in water level.
Disaster Agency spokesman, “Rescue teams are waiting for more evacuation.” He said.
“Residents of vulnerable areas should prepare emergency kits with food, water and basic drugs for three to five days in emergencies,” the National Disaster Management Administration (NDMA) warned.
The Rawalpindi government declared an official holiday to keep people at home on Thursday, and the national meteorology department said that heavy rain will continue until Friday.
– Electrocates, buildings collapse –
According to the disaster agency, approximately 180 people, including 70 children, were killed and about 500 injured on June 26 since the beginning of the monsoon.
“54 people have been killed in the last 24 hours and 227 people were injured in Pakistan,” NDMA spokesman said, “In the last 24 hours.
The majority of deaths caused by houses and sudden flash floods, but dozens of electric shock.
The monsoon season brings 70 to 80 percent of South Asia’s annual rainfall and continues from June to September in India and Pakistan.
Annual rains are vital for agriculture and food safety and the livelihoods of millions of farmers, but it also brings destruction.
South Asia is warming up and has seen air patterns that have changed its weather in recent years, but scientists are unclear how the planet has influenced the highly complicated monsoon.
Pakistan is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world for the effects of climate change, and 255 million residents are faced with increasing frequency.
In 2022, monsoon floods sank one -third of the country and killed 1,700 people.
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