Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 12 Jul 2022, 10:56 pm Print
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Karachi: At least 27 people died as flash floods and heavy rains hit various parts of Pakistan for the past two days, media reports said on Wednesday.
The heavy rains have left many houses and villages submerged, power supply suspended, standing crops and infrastructure damaged and many remote areas cut off from the rest of the population after the dilapidated roads were either submerged or destroyed.
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif has directed authorities to monitor situation in Sindh, Balochistan and south Punjab.
In Karachi, as the police and rescue officials reported at least 10 deaths owing to heavy rains from Sunday night to Monday morning, people of the disaster-hit business capital woke up on Tuesday to suspended power supply in several areas and many localities still submerged, reports Dawn News.
Data compiled by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) and Sindh police suggested 49 people had died in the province, including 31 in Karachi alone, in the weeklong monsoon spell from July 4. Out of these, the police data collected from July 4 to 12 showed that 26 people were electrocuted, including 18 in Karachi, and the PDMA mentioned an additional nine coal miners who drowned when rainwater entered a coal mine in Jhimpir area of Thatta. The police also said five people had drowned, while four died in roof/wall collapse accidents in Karachi, the newspaper reported.
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