ISLAMABAD / KARACHI: PakistanIts armed forces have rescued an additional 2,000 people trapped by rising floodwaters, they said on Friday, in a disaster blamed on climate change that has spilled into about a third of the southern nation. Asia and still growing.
Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in the northern mountains have led to flooding that has killed at least 1,208 people, including 416, the US National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) said. children.
The United Nation has called for $160 million in aid to help tackle what it calls an “unprecedented climate disaster” as the Pakistani navy moves inland to carry out relief operations in areas like sea.
United Nations Children’s Agency UNICEF said on Friday many more children could die from the disease.
UNICEF Pakistan Representative, Abdullah Fadil, said at a press conference in Geneva: “There are now many risks of rapid transmission from water sources, deadly diseases – diarrhea, cholera, dengue fever, malaria. “Therefore there is a risk of more child deaths,” he said.
Follow Bashir Khana local resident is in contact with the rest of the area.
“My house is underwater, I left with my family four days ago,” he told Reuters.
In neighboring Mehar, residents are building a levee to prevent floodwaters from entering the town, he said.
The navy transported more than 150 people from villages in Dadu on Thursday, it said in a statement.
On Friday, the military said it had evacuated about 50,000 people, including 1,000 by air, since rescue efforts began.
“In the last 24 hours, 1,991 people trapped have been evacuated,” the armed forces said in a statement, adding that nearly 163 tons of relief goods had also been delivered to the flood-affected area.
Pakistan’s foreign office said a number of humanitarian relief flights would arrive on Friday from Middle Eastern countries such as Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Weather officials are predicting more rain and flash flooding in September, with southern regions bracing for the Indus River to rise.
Sindh has asked the relief camps to deploy more female doctors and paramedics, to ensure adequate care as more and more pregnant women and young mothers are displaced in the waters.
Pakistan received nearly 190% more rainfall than the 30-year average in the June-August quarter, totaling 390.7mm (15.38 inches).
Pakistan Country Director for the UN World Food Program Chris Kaye said the flooding is also likely to disrupt relief work in neighboring Afghanistan, as the country serves as a major transit route.
“Flooding in Pakistan will be a big dent in that capacity,” he said. “We are becoming very concerned about overall food security (in the region).”
Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in the northern mountains have led to flooding that has killed at least 1,208 people, including 416, the US National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) said. children.
The United Nation has called for $160 million in aid to help tackle what it calls an “unprecedented climate disaster” as the Pakistani navy moves inland to carry out relief operations in areas like sea.
United Nations Children’s Agency UNICEF said on Friday many more children could die from the disease.
UNICEF Pakistan Representative, Abdullah Fadil, said at a press conference in Geneva: “There are now many risks of rapid transmission from water sources, deadly diseases – diarrhea, cholera, dengue fever, malaria. “Therefore there is a risk of more child deaths,” he said.
Follow Bashir Khana local resident is in contact with the rest of the area.
“My house is underwater, I left with my family four days ago,” he told Reuters.
In neighboring Mehar, residents are building a levee to prevent floodwaters from entering the town, he said.
The navy transported more than 150 people from villages in Dadu on Thursday, it said in a statement.
On Friday, the military said it had evacuated about 50,000 people, including 1,000 by air, since rescue efforts began.
“In the last 24 hours, 1,991 people trapped have been evacuated,” the armed forces said in a statement, adding that nearly 163 tons of relief goods had also been delivered to the flood-affected area.
Pakistan’s foreign office said a number of humanitarian relief flights would arrive on Friday from Middle Eastern countries such as Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Weather officials are predicting more rain and flash flooding in September, with southern regions bracing for the Indus River to rise.
Sindh has asked the relief camps to deploy more female doctors and paramedics, to ensure adequate care as more and more pregnant women and young mothers are displaced in the waters.
Pakistan received nearly 190% more rainfall than the 30-year average in the June-August quarter, totaling 390.7mm (15.38 inches).
Pakistan Country Director for the UN World Food Program Chris Kaye said the flooding is also likely to disrupt relief work in neighboring Afghanistan, as the country serves as a major transit route.
“Flooding in Pakistan will be a big dent in that capacity,” he said. “We are becoming very concerned about overall food security (in the region).”
