According to the authorities, more than 33 million inhabitants have been affected by floods, comparable in intensity to those of 2010.
Le Monde with AFP
The floods caused by the monsoon rains that started in June have now caused more than a thousand dead in Pakistan, according to the balance sheet published Sunday August 28 by the National Disaster Management Authority (National Disaster Management Authority, NDMA) .
During the last twenty-four hours, 119 people lost their lives, taking stock of 1,033 people, while heavy rains continued to fall on certain parts of the country.
More than 33 million inhabitants, or one in seven Pakistanis, were also affected by the floods and nearly a million houses have been destroyed or seriously damaged, according to the government.
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The NDMA said that more than 80,000 hectares of cultivable land had been ravaged and more than 3,400 kilometers of roads and 149 bridges carried by waters.
The monsoon, which usually lasts from June to September, is essential for the irrigation of plantations and to reconstruct the water resources of the Indian subcontinent. But it also brings its share of dramas and destruction each year.
According to the authorities, these bad weather is comparable to those of 2010, record year in which two thousand people had been killed and almost a fifth of the country submerged by the rains.