Pakistan / Afghanistan 2013: Monsoon flood toll rises to 290

[Ronan Kelly]

Death toll in Pakistani floods raise to 44
04/08/2013 | 01:18 PM | World News

ISLAMABAD, Aug 4 (KUNA) -- The heavy monsoon rains across Pakistan has claimed at least 44 lives and wounded many people in different parts of the country including seven in southwestern province Balochistan, twenty in southern province Sindh and seventeen in northern province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to the provincial Information Secretary Qamar Masood, at least seven people were killed by rain related incidents in different areas of southwestern Pakistani province Balochistan on Sunday. The torrential rains played havoc in Jhal Magsi, Hub, Naseerabad, Jaffarabad, Sibi, Bolan, and other parts of the province, with several houses collapsing under the downpour.
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http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2326677&language=en

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Flash floods kill over 50 across Pakistan [SamaaTV] 04 Aug, 2013

Staff Report

KARACHI: The death toll from flash floods and heavy rains across Pakistan mounted to 50 over the past 24 hours, as torrential downpours inundated the financial hub of Karachi and the country's northwest, SAMAA reported.

Reports said 23 people were killed in rain and flood related incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 16 in Karachi, 7 in Balochistan and more than 6 died in Punjab.
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http://www.urduwire.com/en/news/flash-floods-kill-over-50-across-pakistan_nid958385.aspx

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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More than 160 dead after flash floods in Afghanistan, Pakistan
By: Reuters and Agence France-Presse
August 5, 2013 11:27 PM
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KABUL - Flash floods caused by unusually heavy rain across Afghanistan and Pakistan killed more than 160 people and stranded villagers in remote areas without shelter, food or power in one of South Asia's worst natural disasters this year, officials said on Monday.

Mountainous Afghanistan was the worst hit, with 61 people killed and about 500 traditional mud-brick homes washed away in more than a dozen villages in Sarobi, a rural district less than an hour from the national capital, Kabul, officials said.
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n Pakistan, monsoon rains claimed more than 80 lives, local media reported on Monday.

Incidents of house collapse, drowning and electrocution all pushed up the death toll, said Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon.

"At least 58 people have died, more than 30 others were injured and 66,000 were affected by rain and flooding in Pakistan since July 31," Brigadier General Mirza Kamran Zia, operations chief of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), told reporters.
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http://www.interaksyon.com/article/...ad-after-flash-floods-in-afghanistan-pakistan

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Flash floods batter Afghanistan, at least 22 dead
Source: Reuters - Sun, 11 Aug 2013 07:15 AM
Author: Reuters

KABUL, Aug 11 (Reuters) - At least 22 people in Afghanistan were killed and farmland was damaged when flash floods hit a plain near the capital, officials said on Sunday.

Normally arid Afghanistan can get heavy rain in its summer and more than 60 people were killed early this month in flooding east of the capital, Kabul.
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http://www.trust.org/item/20130811071013-v97sn/?source=hpbreaking

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Death toll from floods reaches 118, while over 800 injured
August 20th, 2013 by Tahir Khan


Officials said Tuesday that flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across the country have killed 118 people and injured 812 others this month.
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said the rains and floods affected over five hundred and fifty-four thousand people have been affected.
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[Ronan Kelly]

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Re: Pakistan / Afghanistan 2013: Monsoon flood toll rises to 160

ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan's government says flooding caused by torrential rains has killed 139 people and affected nearly a million others. A statement Wednesday on the monsoon season released by the National Disaster Management Authority said 47 of the dead are from Punjab province. Sindh province was the next hardest hit with 34 people killed.
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[Ronan Kelly]

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Death toll from floods reaches 193
August 29th, 2013 by Tahir Khan


Officials say death toll from floods in the country has reached 193 while 1116 sustained injuries.

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) says over one hundred thirteen thousand people and over five thousand two hundred villages have been affected by the floods.
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- See more at: http://www.newspakistan.pk/2013/08/29/death-toll-floods-reaches-193/#sthash.NAo6LXjF.dpuf

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Flash Flood Kills Over 200
Posted by FU on August 31, 2013

( 4UMF NEWS ) Flash Flood Kills Over 200:
A total of 209 people have so far died and 1,122 sustained injuries in recent flash floods in the country, says latest figures released by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Friday.
In Punjab, 71 people have been reported dead and 1,010 sustained injuries, 24 expired and 26 injured in Khyber Pakhtunkhaw (KP), 54 people have died and 46 injured in Sindh, 18 dead and 17 injured in Balochistan, 15 dead and 11 injured in FATA and 39 people have died and 18 sustained injuries in flash flooding in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).
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http://4umf.com/flash-flood-kills-200/#.UiIgotKuQ8A

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Death Toll From Floods Soars To 234: NDMA


ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority says 234 people have so far died and 1?129 injured in recent rains and floods.

In all? 1.47 million people have been affected by the floods in different parts of the country.

Relief and rehabilitation efforts are continuing to mitigate the sufferings of the flood affected people.
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http://www.thekooza.com/death-toll-floods-soars-234-ndma.html