The new death toll came a day after Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif asked for international help in battling deadly flood damage in the impoverished Islamic nation.
The monsoon season, which began earlier than normal this year, has lashed Pakistan with particularly heavy rains and rescuers have struggled to evacuate thousands of marooned people from flood-hit areas. The crisis forced the government to declare a state of emergency.
In Nowshera district, local administrator Quratul Ain Wazir said flood waters submerged streets before the gushing waters headed toward low-lying areas."Our administration has evacuated many people and taken others to relief camps where government provided beds and food in safe buildings," she said. ... "We will use police to force those hesitant to leave their homes."
"Government has sanctioned sufficient funds to financially compensate the affected people and we will not leave our people alone in this tough time," she said.Aurangzeb asked wealthy people and relief organizations to come forward with aid to help flood-affected Pakistanis. "The situation is pretty serious as we don't have any road link left with the rest of the province, we don't have electricity, gas and communications network and no relief is reaching here," said Muzaffar Khan, whose grocery store was swept away along with many other shops.
Residents made homeless by the flood took shelter on higher ground, where they waited for relief goods and other help. Shopkeepers collect their belongings from the mud after the deluge from near their damaged shops following heavy monsoon rains in Mingora, a town in the Pakistan's northern Swat Valley on August 27, 2022. - Thousands of people living near flood-swollThe National Disaster Management Authority in its latest overnight report said 45 people were killed in flood-related incidents from Friday to Saturday. That brought the death toll since mid-June to 982 with 1,456 injured.
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