The floods in Pakistan already leave more than 1,000 dead in the midst of a catastrophic scenario

Thirty million people have been affected, half a million are in aid camps and the damage amounts to 3,000 million euros

MADRID, 27 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Pakistani authorities have confirmed this Saturday the worst forecasts and raised above a thousand the deaths in the floods that have been plaguing the country for weeks due to torrential rains, especially catastrophic in the province of Sindh, in the south of the national territory.

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has verified 1,033 deaths and 1,527 injuries since June 14. Of them, 119 people have died (76 in Sindh) and 71 have been injured in the last few hours.

Material damage amounts to about 3,000 million euros. Almost 950,000 homes have been partially or totally destroyed, more than 720,000 head of cattle have died, almost 3,500 kilometers of roads have been damaged and almost 150 bridges have collapsed.

The floods have affected 110 municipalities in the country, 72 of which have been declared a dire zone. Those directly affected by the rains amount to 5.7 million, but counting the entire general situation, some 33 million people have been threatened by the floods.

The most serious situation concerns the 498,000 people who have now been transferred to relief camps, including a total of approximately 51,000 rescued, according to the balance collected by the Geo TV network.

According to the NDMA, Pakistan received 166.8 mm of rain in August, compared to the average of 48 mm, an increase of 241 percent. Consequently, the abnormal increase in rainfall generated flash floods throughout the country, particularly in the southern part of Pakistan and specifically in Sindh, where more than twenty municipalities have been submerged.

The Minister for Climate Change, Sherry Rehman, has confirmed in recent hours the opening of a "war room" headed by the Prime Minister, Shabhaz Sharif, to deal with these "monstrous rains".

"Pakistan is going through its eighth cycle of monsoons; normally the country only has three or four cycles of monsoon rain. This is unprecedented and the data we are considering suggests that we could go through another ninth cycle next month," he said. declared.