United Kingdom Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has consoled the Pakistani people over devastating flooding by destructive monsoon rains that have killed many in the country.
Boris Johnson who sent his condolences through his official social media platform on Monday, said it’s heartbreaking to see the continuing devastation wrought by the floods in Pakistan.
According to him, “My thoughts go to the victims and those helping with an heroic relief effort. The United Kingdom is sending support and continues to stand by the people of Pakistan in their hour of need”, he said.
Meanwhile, Flash floods triggered by destructive monsoon rains across much of Pakistan have killed more than 1,000 people and injured and displaced thousands more since June, officials have said.
The new death toll came a day after the Pakistani Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif asked international helping battling deadly flood damage as more than 33 million people have been displaced.
Pakistani Government has declared an emergency to deal with monsoon flooding, which began in June and continues to wreak havoc in the country.
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On Sunday, National Disaster Management Authority said that 119 people had died in previous 24 hours as heavy rains continued to lash parts of the country which brought the death toll since mid-June to 1,033 with at least 1,456 injured.
While the authority’s report on previous day said 45 people were killed in flood-related incidents from Friday to Saturday.
As many parts of Pakistan have become inaccessible, and rescuers are struggling to evacuate thousands of marooned people from flood- affected areas. Balochistan and Sindh provinces are the worst-affected areas.
Local media reported late on Saturday that the Kach dam near Ziarat city, 80 miles from Quetta, Balochistan’s capital, had broken due to heavy flooding, putting lives of local residents at risk, as other dams in the area have also reportedly been damaged.
There were also reports that protesters had blocked the Indus Highway, the only safe passage between Hyderabad and Karachi and northern Sindh and the rest of Pakistan at Naseerabad.
These protesters claimed that the local lawmakers have endangered the population by diverting floodwater.
Report has it that three people were killed as a result of landslides and floods in Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and the authorities in Nowshera asked for immediate evacuations amid a “very high flood” in the Kabul River.
Videos shared on social media showed bridges, roads and hotels sinking into water and people running to evacuate their homes, as army called in for rescue help in the province.