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ISLAMABAD: Torrential rains claimed no less than 195 lives and injured 362 individuals in separate rain-related incidents throughout the nation from July 1 to August 17, the Nationwide Catastrophe Administration Authority (NDMA) stated in its report launched on Sunday.
The catastrophe administration authority elaborated on the devastation attributable to continued moist spells, which resulted in an important lack of lives, properties, crops and livestock because the starting of the monsoon season.
In response to the report, seven deaths had been reported inside the 24 hours until Saturday, August 17, 2024, together with six deaths in Punjab and one in Balochistan. The entire variety of deaths has soared to 195 with in the present day’s casualty figures.
Subsequently, no less than 30 individuals sustained accidents in the identical interval, with the best variety of casualties reported in Punjab, as much as 29. The entire variety of accidents attributable to the devastating rains was recorded at 362.
The NDMA additional acknowledged that the not too long ago launched loss of life toll was reconciled with the Provincial Catastrophe Administration Authority (PDMA) Balochistan which skilled disastrous outcomes of heavy rainfalls this season.
Flash floods after heavy rains in low-lying areas brought on harm to a complete of twenty-two homes throughout the nation in a day, taking the cumulative damages to infrastructure and personal properties 2,293, together with 1,559 partially and 734 absolutely broken from July 1 to August 18.
The moist spells have additionally affected over 44km of roads and 30 bridges in the identical interval.
In a related improvement, the NDMA’s Nationwide Emergencies Operation Centre (NEOC) anticipated that extra monsoon rains are anticipated to hit totally different elements of the nation from August 18 (night/evening) to August 19 with occasional gaps.
Consequently, heavy downpours might trigger city flooding in low-lying areas of Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sheikhupura, Kasur, Sialkot, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Nowshera and Peshawar from 18th & nineteenth August.
The authority issued directions to all related departments to take obligatory precautions to mitigate the attainable results of flooding and excessive climate.
Climate-related disasters are widespread throughout the monsoon season from June to September, however consultants say local weather change is growing their frequency and severity.
Pakistan contributes lower than 1% to international greenhouse gases but is likely one of the international locations most weak to local weather change.
In 2022, catastrophic flooding plunged a 3rd of the nation underwater, killing over 1,700 folks, displacing 33 million and destroying hundreds of houses.
