Pakistani youths play in a waterlogged road as monsoon rain falls in Islamabad on August 6, 2013.
A senior Pakistani official says heavy rains and flash floods over the past week have claimed the lives of at least 84 people across Pakistan.
A senior official in the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Wednesday more than 2,000 homes were destroyed and some 80,000 people were affected in different regions.
Pakistani-administered Kashmir, central Punjab, southwestern Balochistan and southern Sindh provinces are among worst-affected areas hit by heavy rains and flash flooding. Flooding was especially bad in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, because of the southern city’s faulty drainage system.
Heavy downpours are forecasted for the next month in Pakistan.
Meanwhile, the government has been criticized for failing to take more effective measures in the face of such incidents.
The latest floods, triggered by monsoon rains, have destroyed and damaged hundreds of houses and flooded thousands of acres of agricultural land since late last month.
Medical teams and aid groups have warned of a growing risk of potentially fatal diseases.
Pakistan regularly suffers from flooding during the monsoon season, which usually runs through July and August. The country suffered the worst floods in its 66-year history in 2010 — when floodwaters killed over 1,700 people.
A couple of years ago, the country was hit by its worst floods, which killed nearly two-thousand people and impacted twenty-one million others.
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Republished from: Press TV