The number of reported deaths has increased by around 120 during the day.
of Pakistan the monsoon floods have already claimed more than a thousand lives, says the country’s national disaster management authority in his report.
During the day, the number of fatalities increased by approximately 120 people.
According to the country’s prime minister’s office, the floods caused by the monsoon rains that started at the beginning of June have affected at least 33 million people. Almost a million homes have been destroyed or badly damaged.
According to the authorities, the floods have destroyed about 3,500 kilometers of roads, about 150 bridges and tens of thousands of hectares of farmland.
of Pakistan the government has declared a state of emergency due to the heavy rains that plagued a large part of the country.
The annual monsoon rains in the region are important for the water supply of agricultural areas and the filling of water reservoirs, but they also cause a lot of damage every year.
The worst floods in recent decades were experienced in 2010, when nearly 2,000 people were killed and 20 million had to leave their homes.
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