Pakistan Floods Pakistan: Flood leaves 22 people dead
Islamabad: At least 22 people were killed and nine others injured in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods in the last 24 hours in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said.
According to a report released by the NDMA on Thursday, six children and 10 women were among those who lost their lives in separate flood-related incidents during the cited period.
The total death toll in Pakistan from this season's monsoon rains and floods since mid-June has risen to around 1,508 along with 12,758 injured, the NDMA said.
Moreover, 1,817,550 houses in total have been destroyed, while an estimated 927,543 livestock animals have perished in the rains and subsequent floods across the country, it said.
(With UNI inputs)
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