ISLAMABAD, Sept 20: Among the provinces, Sindh appears to be the worst victim of floods caused by monsoon rains, with the affected population reaching 2.88 million.
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) statistics revealed around 370 flood- and rain-related deaths across the country. A total of 188 people died in Sindh, 60 in Punjab, 49 in Balochistan, 39 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 31 in Azad Kashmir and three in Islamabad.
Furthermore, 1,197 people sustained injuries, with 743 in Sindh, 272 in Punjab, 115 in Balochistan, 35 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 32 in AJK.
Similarly, the number of houses damaged, either fully or partially, stood at 274,935 with 235,049 in Sindh, 25,526 in Punjab, 8,627 in Balochistan, 4,393 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 1,243 in AJK.
Some 70 houses were damaged in Gilgit-Baltistan.
In total some 13,335 villages faced flood and rain wrath with 11,141 in Sindh, 1,512 in Punjab and 682 in Balochistan while the total affected area came to 1.76 million acres with merely 1.4 million acres in Punjab, and the rest in Sindh.
Crops on 7,66,818 acres were reportedly hit which included 4,73,998 acres in Punjab, 1,45,459 acres in Sindh and 47,361 acres in Balochistan.
Some 7,818 livestock perished with 5,094 in Balochistan, 1,826 in Sindh and 898 in Punjab.
The number of persons currently based in relief camps established in two provinces had reached to 2,82,526, of them 2,77,462 people were living in 444 relief camps established in Sindh and 5,064 in 40 camps set up in Punjab.
