The death toll from the devastating floods in Pakistan has crossed the 1,000-mark after another 119 peop🥂le died due to deluge-related incidents across the country in the last 24 hours, according to the official data on Sunday.
Floods triggered by the torrential rain since June 14 have wreaked havoc, inundating a vast swathe of flat land in ♚the south and southwest of the country.
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Sunday that 119 people had died in the previous 24 hours as heavy rains continued to lash parts of the countr𝓰y.
"So far, 1,033 people have⛎ died and 1,527 persons injured across Pakistan," the NDMA, the main body tasked to deal with calamities, said.
The majority of deaths of 76 persons were repo♌rted in Sindh province in the last 24 hours, it said.
As many as 71 persons were injured acro🗹s💮s the country, it said.
At leꦐast 347 people died in💖 Sindh, 238 in Balochistan, 226 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 168 in Punjab, 38 in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, 15 in Gilgit-Baltistan, and one person was killed in Islamabad.
Floods hไave destroyed 3,451.5 kilometres ofꦯ road, swept away 147 bridges, destroyed 170 shops, and partially or fully damaged about 9,49,858 houses.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said authorities have been assessing loss to the economy, which c𒁏ould run into bil🌱lions of rupees.
Pakistan is ill-prepared to dealꦺ with s♑uch a huge crisis and has sought international help.
The United Nations is expected to issue a flash appeal of over USD 160 million on August 30 to support Pakist🐼an.
Friendly countries have begun to step in to of👍fer support🔥, days after Pakistan briefed foreign diplomats about the national emergency.
The United Kingdom has announced that it🐈 wi꧟ll provide up to 1.5 million pounds for relief efforts.
"This 🉐is a time to stand together: GB is providing urgent support of 1.5 million pounds for #FloodRelief,” British High Commissioner Christian Turner ꦛtweeted on Saturday.
Muslim countries also began reaching out to Pakistan for the provision of humanitarian aid with leaders of the UAE, Turkey, anꦿd Iran calling Sharif and pꦐledging their support.
According to the U💛AE's WAM news agency, President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed 𓃲Al Nahyan has ordered the provision of urgent relief aid to Pakistan.
The UAE's relief aid includes some 3,000 tonnes of food supplies, as well as tonnes of medical and pharmaceutical supplies, in addition to ꩵtents and shelter materials.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sharif and Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa separately visited the flood-hit areas of Balochistan an♓d Sindh and pledged to make all-out efforts to compensate and rehabilitate all those affected or displaced by floodwaters.
“Visiting flood-affected areas and meeting people. The magnitude of the calamity is bigger than estimated. Times demand t🎶hat we come together as one nation in support of our people facing this calamity. Let us rise above our differences and stand by our people who need us today,” the PM tweeted after visiting the Sujawal area in Sindh.
Bajwa also met flood-hit people and the 🐽troops involved in the relief operation.
“The safety and well-being🍷 of our countrymen come first and we won’t rest until each one of the floods affected is not only reached but rehabilitated, no matter🎐 how much effort is required,” the Army's media wing quoted Bajwa as saying during a visit to Balochistan’s Lasbela district.
The forecast for the next 24 hours showed that dry weather was expected in most parts of the country, a major r🐻elief for the people ﷺas well as the government.
