ISLAMABAD: At least 58 persons were killed across Pakistan and thousands of people left affected by flash floods caused by monsoon rains, officials said, warning of more rain to come.
“At least 58 people have died, more than 30 others were injured and 66,000 were affected by rain and flooding,” Brigadier Mirza Kamran Zia, operations chief of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), told newsmen.
Zia said floods have started to recede and people were returning to their homes. The NDMA official warned that more rain than usual was expected this month and next.
The NDMA chief Major General Muhammad Saeed Aleem said the recurring flooding was the result of global climate change.
“Unexpected rains are global climatic change phenomena, but we can prepare and plan ahead to mitigate the disaster,” Aleem said.
“We are worried about South Punjab, where more rain and flooding from hill torrents is expected,” Aleem said.
