INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
At least 119 people have died in Pakistan over the past 24 hours as heavy rains continue to lash the flood-stricken country.According to the
country&s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) the death toll from monsoon flooding in Pakistan since June has reached 1,033.The
NDMA said more than two million acres of cultivated crops have been wiped out, 3,451 kilometers of roads destroyed, and 149 bridges washed
away.Thousands of livestock had been killed and 1.7 million fruit trees destroyed, raising concerns over how families would feed themselves
going into the cooler months while the country deals with an economic crisis, TRT reported.Powerful flash floods in the northern province of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caused the Kabul River to swell, sweeping away a large bridge overnight, cutting off some districts from road
access.Downstream, fears of flooding around the river banks prompted around 180,000 people in the district of Charsadda to flee their homes,
according to disaster officials, with some spending the night on highways with their livestock.Historic monsoon rains and flooding in
Pakistan have affected more than 33 million people over the last few weeks, the country&s climate change minister said, calling the
situation a &climate-induced humanitarian disaster of epic proportions&.The military has joined the country&s national and provincial
authorities in responding to the floods and Pakistan&s army chief on Saturday visited the southern province of Balochistan, which has been
hit heavily by the rains, TRT reported.&The people of Pakistan are our priority and we won&t spare any effort to assist them in this
difficult time,& said army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa.Pakistani leaders have appealed to the international community for help and plan
to launch an international appeal fund
The foreign affairs ministry said Turkey had sent a team to help with rescue efforts.&The magnitude of the calamity is bigger than
estimated,& said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in a tweet, after visiting flooded areas.The post Pakistan death toll from monsoon rains
spikes overnight first appeared on Ariana News.
