119 More Die In Floods As Rescue Works Continue.

ISLAMABAD -- The flash floods continued playing havoc in the country yesterday especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa areas of Swat, Nowshera, Tank and Mianwali in Punjab and Balochistan while the death toll reached 1,033 with the loss of another 119 lives and injuries to over 1500 in flood-related incidents.

On the other hand, the rescue and relief operations by the Pakistan Army troops in support of civil administrations are in progress in the flood affected of the country especially the aerial operations to rescue and food supplies to stranded people, the ISPR Directorate said yesterday.

According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the death toll from monsoon flooding since June has reached 1,033 with fresh 119 deaths including women and children in the all provinces, Gilgit Baltistan and Kashmir as heavy rains continued to lash parts of the country.

As per the data, 76 people died in Sindh, 31 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, six in Gilgit-Baltistan, four in Balochistan and one in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. A total of 719,558 livestock have also been killed. A total of 3,451.5kms of roads have been damaged, and 149 bridges have collapsed, 170 shops destroyed.

At least 110 districts of Pakistan have been hit by the floods with 72 of those districts declared calamity-hit. The NDMA's latest report shows 5,773,063 people have been affected by the floods. The authority shared that 51,275 people have been rescued while 498,442 have been moved to relief camps.

According to the NDMA, Nowshera, Swat and Noshehra are worst hit by the flood waters while Mianwali is the fresh target as the flood water has entered Punjab.

There is a grave risk of flooding in Mianwali where authorities are looking to safely evacuate residents.

Sharing updates of the operations, the ISPR said 110 stranded people have been evacuated from Khawazakhela to Kanju Cantonment, Swat.

'These stranded people are being provided meals and necessary medical care,' the ISPR said in a statement.

It said that Pakistan Army is utilizing all available resources to help the flood affected people including immediate medical care at the medical camps set up by the Army.

Aerial relief operations were undertaken by Pakistan Army in district Rajanpur of Punjab while aid in the shape of ration bags and tents was provided to the affectees.

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