ISLAMABAD – The death toll from destructive floods caused by record monsoonrains in Pakistan rose to 1,260 as dozens more died in the last 24 hours,the disaster authority said.
Officials reported 57 more deaths, 25 of them children while the safety oftens of thousands are at risk after the worst flooding hit Pakistan indecades.
It was reported that more than 1,260 people have died in the last threemonths when the seasonal rains started. More casualties are expected ashundreds of villages have been cut off by flood-swollen rivers washing awayinfrastructures across Pakistan.
The South Asian nation is struggling to respond to the deluges given theirunprecedented magnitude while the federal government claimed that around 15percent of the entire population has been affected.
The planning minister earlier said that early estimates put the damagesfrom deadly floods at more than $10 billion.
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Meanwhile, a military-backed rescue operation was well underway to reachstranded people in calamity-hit regions.
Foreign countries including the UK, the US, China, KSA, UAE, and Turkeysend aid while the focus of relief efforts shifted largely to Sindh,Balochistan, and KP where vast swatch remains inundated.
