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Pakistan, more than 200 dead:
The torrential rains that have been hitting Pakistan since the start pakistan, more than 200 dead of a season “Unusual” Mossons. In addition, at the end of June, caused the death of at least 221 people, including a hundred children, a government agency reported on Tuesday July 22.
Among the victims who perished between June 26. Nevertheless, July 21 in the collapse of their house, carried away by sudden floods, or electrocuted, “104 were children and 40 women”said the France-Presse (AFP) agency a spokesperson for the disaster management authority. Furthermore, Torrential rains began earlier this year than the previous ones. Similarly, added this spokesperson, stressing that “Such human assessments are generally observed in August, making this season unusual” this season “.
Tuesday. In addition, the results of the landslides that occurred the day before in northern Pakistan after very heavy rains went from three to five dead, victims who were swept away with their vehicle, local authorities said. “A resident and four pakistan, more than 200 dead tourists have lost their lives”detailed Att-Ur-Rehman Kakar, a local official.
Fifteen people missing – Pakistan, more than 200 dead
These tourists had come from the rest of Pakistan to visit Gilgit-Baltistan. a mountainous province renowned for its lush valleys and crystalline lakes, when they were taken in the landslide that swallowed up a mountain road. At the place of the incident. men in uniform continue the operations on Tuesday afternoon to rescue fifteen missing still stuck under the debris.
The damaged buses of tourists were lying on Tuesday on the side of the road covered with a mud flow. Babies in their arms, families sitting on the ground have received food from the rescuers. “More than a hundred houses have also been destroyed”said Mr. Kakar.
“More than 15 people are always missing”On Tuesday told AFP Abdul Hameed, head of local Diamer district at Gilgit-Baltistan. He also reported that the pakistan, more than 200 dead rescue operation, started on Monday, “Was relaunched at 6 am”to cleare more than 10 buried vehicles.
“Rescue also evacuated four wounded. one of them being in critical condition”said Fazullah Faraq, spokesperson for the provincial government, earlier on Tuesday. “Hundreds of tourists have been taken care of. residents of neighboring villages provided them with emergency shelters and aid”he added. The floods in the province also damaged four bridges, a hotel, a school and blocked the main roads.
1. 700 dead in 2022
The national meteorology department warns that the risks of abundant rains and therefore possibly sudden floods and landslides remain high in the northern and east provinces of the country. At the end of June. at least 13 tourists had already been swept away by sudden floods in another province in the north of the country.
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The summer monsoon, which brings 70 to 80 % of annual precipitation in South Asia between June and September, is vital for the subsistence of millions of farmers in a region of around two billion inhabitants.
Pakistan is still struggling to raise the devastating floods of 2022. which have affected nearly a third of the country and more than 33 million people. Some 1,700 people had then been killed and a good part of the crops had been lost. The country is one of the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. its 255 million inhabitants undergo extreme climatic events more and more frequently.
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