Death toll from flash floods reaches 238 in Pakistan

Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has reported 35 more deaths owing to various rain-related incidents in the past 24 hours across the country taking the national floods’ death tally to 238.

According to the NDMA, the floods triggered by monsoon rains have also destroyed 3,374 houses nationwide, of which, 2,365 are partially damaged and 1,009 completely razed to the ground, leaving thousands of people homeless. The NDMA and Provincial Disaster Management Authorities (PDMAs) have established various makeshift camps for the homeless.

The NDMA’s flood-related figures released on Monday said that 187 people had also been injured due to floods countrywide and 1,504 livestock have also been killed.

The highest number of deaths - 75 people - was recorded in the southern province of Balochistan, 55 in Punjab, 48 in Sindh, 47 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.