More than 300 people, inlcuding women and children, die in monsoon rains and flash flooding across Pakistan.
The death toll from more than five weeks of monsoon rains and flash flooding across Pakistan has reached 312, with those killed including 114 children, according to authorities.The rains are said to be almost twice as heavy as the average monsoon rainfallSince mid-June, the deluge has swollen rivers and damaged highways and 44 bridges, disrupting traffic.
The National Disaster Management Authority reported that almost 6,500 homes had been fully destroyed or partially damaged. In some cities, residents have abandoned their cars on submerged roads to walk through waist-high water, while others have arranged for boats to move them to safer places. Particularly hard hit has been the volatile, impoverished south-western Baluchistan province, where 99 people have died in rain-related incidents and subsequent flooding, followed by 70 dead in southern Sindh province.There have also been 61 fatalities in north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, and 60 in eastern Punjab province.
Every year, much of Pakistan struggles with the annual monsoons, drawing criticism about poor government planning.Rains are essential for irrigating crops and replenishing dams and other water reservoirs in Pakistan.
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