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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

130 dead from Monsoon in Pakistan, Five Million Affected



Monsoon rains in Pakistan have affected up to 5 million people and killed 132 others in a month, and the country is bracing for more wild weather.
Southern Sindh, a flood-prone province where authorities said more heavy rain was expected in the coming days, was the hardest-hit area, with crops and many houses destroyed.
"The floods triggered by heavy rains have killed 132 people and affected 4 to 5 million people," Zafar Qadir, the country head of the National Disaster Management Authority, told a press conference in Islamabad.

APP adds: As heavy rain lashed several parts of the Sindh province, the number of people affected is rising. The situation has worsened in Badin while, according to reports, in Khairpur district, 15 more villages have been inundated. After overnight rain, the situation once again deteriorated in Badin and five villages were inundated.Meanwhile, 6,000 villages have been inundated in the Khairpur district and according to DCO Abbas Baloch, over one million acres of farmland has been destroyed, reported a private news channel. The Army has been called out to Faiz Ganj while the communication network of several areas has been disrupted. Over 50 villages have been inundated in Thatta.