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ISLAMABAD: The cash-strapped country, which is still recovering from unprecedented floods, is once again going through the same phase as torrential rains in the country have claimed 76 lives and injured 133 across Pakistan since June, ARY News reports quoting the National. Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
The NDMA said in its report that nine people died in torrential rains across the country in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number to 76.
Eight people were injured during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of injured to 133. The total death toll reached 76 deaths and 133 injured, including 15 women and 31 children, while 78 homes were damaged so far as the heavy rains continued. To play mayhem across the country.
Punjab has the highest death toll with 48 people killed in heavy rains, 20 killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and five killed in BalochistanRead the NDMA report.
On July 6, 18 deaths were reported in Pakistani Punjab as rain continued to lash parts of the province, according to Dawn News.
The death toll in Punjab over the past two days due to heavy monsoon has risen to 29.
Rain intensity was almost negligible in Lahore compared to Wednesday with the majority of the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) 16 monitoring points recording single-digit rainfall, Dawn reports. Four more deaths were reported in the provincial capital, bringing the number to 12 in the past two days.
Earlier, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) had finalized its emergency plan ahead of the first wave of monsoon rains expected from July 3 to 8 across the country, ARY News reported on Monday.
An NDMA spokesperson said that the Meteorological Department has forecast the first wave of monsoon rains with thunderstorms from July 3 to 8 in various parts of the country. She added that heavy rains can also occur in landslides in mountainous areas and floods in low-lying areas.
The authority has instructed the concerned departments on its rain contingency plan citing the expected weather conditions, ARY News reported.
The NDMA said in its report that nine people died in torrential rains across the country in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number to 76.
Eight people were injured during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of injured to 133. The total death toll reached 76 deaths and 133 injured, including 15 women and 31 children, while 78 homes were damaged so far as the heavy rains continued. To play mayhem across the country.
Punjab has the highest death toll with 48 people killed in heavy rains, 20 killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and five killed in BalochistanRead the NDMA report.
On July 6, 18 deaths were reported in Pakistani Punjab as rain continued to lash parts of the province, according to Dawn News.
The death toll in Punjab over the past two days due to heavy monsoon has risen to 29.
Rain intensity was almost negligible in Lahore compared to Wednesday with the majority of the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) 16 monitoring points recording single-digit rainfall, Dawn reports. Four more deaths were reported in the provincial capital, bringing the number to 12 in the past two days.
Earlier, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) had finalized its emergency plan ahead of the first wave of monsoon rains expected from July 3 to 8 across the country, ARY News reported on Monday.
An NDMA spokesperson said that the Meteorological Department has forecast the first wave of monsoon rains with thunderstorms from July 3 to 8 in various parts of the country. She added that heavy rains can also occur in landslides in mountainous areas and floods in low-lying areas.
The authority has instructed the concerned departments on its rain contingency plan citing the expected weather conditions, ARY News reported.
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