Recent flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains have claimed more than 200 lives and displaced nearly 1.8 million people in 5,600 villages across northern and southwestern Pakistan.
According to the country’s natural disaster management authority, widespread flooding along the Indus River has damaged or destroyed nearly 5,800 houses and inundated thousands of acres of farmland, leaving many people starving.
The International Rescue Committee is providing cash assistance and other support to thousands of displaced people in Punjab and Sindh provinces who fled to crowded, makeshift camps above the flood lines.
Within 72 hours after the flooding began, the IRC began distributing food, tents and other emergency supplies. But as the floodwaters continued to fan out across the countryside, the scale of the emergency soon exceeded what local authorities and aid agencies had expected.
“Mass displacement suddenly became widespread with each passing day,” said IRC country director in Pakistan Adeel Khan. “It was challenging for the government and aid agencies to immediately cope with the sudden rise in needs.”
Recent flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains have claimed more than 200 lives and displaced nearly 1.8 million people in 5,600 villages across northern and southwestern Pakistan.According to the country’s natural disaster management authority, widespread flooding along the Indus River has damaged or destroyed nearly 5,800 houses and inundated thousands of acres of farmland, leaving many people starving.The International Rescue Committee is providing cash assistance and other support to thousands of displaced people in Punjab and Sindh provinces who fled to crowded, makeshift camps above the flood lines.Within 72 hours after the flooding began, the IRC began distributing food, tents and other emergency supplies. But as the floodwaters continued to fan out across the countryside, the scale of the emergency soon exceeded what local authorities and aid agencies had expected.“Mass displacement suddenly became widespread with each passing day,” said IRC country director in Pakistan Adeel Khan. “It was challenging for the government and aid agencies to immediately cope with the sudden rise in needs.”
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