Wed 31-08-2022 08:54 AM
Islamabad, 31 August 2022 (WAM) — The death toll from Pakistan’s devastating floods is rising steadily, with 1,162 people, including 384 children and 231 women, flooded since mid-June. has died, the German news agency (dpa) reported. .
The number is expected to rise further in the coming days, according to the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA).
Out of Pakistan’s 160 governorates, more than 33 million people have been affected by floods in about 116 governorates, and at least 72 districts have been declared disaster areas.
Hundreds of thousands of people today live without food, clean water, shelter and basic medicines.
On Tuesday, the United Nations issued a flash appeal asking for $160 million in emergency aid to help Pakistan.
WAM/Laura Algour
