More than average monsoon rainfall expected: NDMA chief.

ISLAMABAD -- Chairman NDMA Lt. Gen. Muhammad Afzal said that Provincial Disaster Management AuthorAities were fully prepared in all major cities enAdangered to flooding due to monsoon rains.

The chairman NDMA was briefing the media after addressing a pre-monsoon preparatory conference. He said Pakistan has suffered devAastating monsoon floods during last three years, including the worst in 2010 when almost 1,800 people were killed and 21 million were affected. Land-sliding and glacier outbursts also caused damage during monsoon...

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