ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Friday said the country received unprecedented rainfall during the prevailing monsoon season which was 133% above average.
The
prevailing abnormal monsoon rainfall pattern has surpassed the past 30-year
record of rains in the season, the NDMA spokesperson in a news release said.
The
rainfall ratio recorded in the federating units of the country revealed that
the Balochistan province has been inundated by massive downpours and has
received over 305% rains, whereas in Sindh the rainfall tendency recorded was
218% more, in Punjab more than 101%, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) 26% more rains
than average, in Gilgit Baltistan (GB) 68% more rains, and in Azad Jammu and
Kashmir (AJK) 9% more than average rains were recorded during the ongoing
season.
The
damages and deaths due to rains and floods being recorded noted 11 deaths in
various incidents amid monsoon rains in the past 24 hours.
The
total number of deaths due to floods and rains across the country has reached
549 while the number of injured was 628 reported across the country whereas
none of the injured were in serious condition.
Moreover,
some 46,219 houses were damaged due to floods and rains whereas rescue and
relief operations were underway in the flood-affected areas.
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