Pakistan: 1,000 dead from floods, thousands evacuated

2022-08-27T12:57:16.002Z

MINGORA, AUG 27 - Thousands of people living near rivers in northern Pakistan, hit by the floods, have received the order to abandon their homes while the provisional toll of the victims of the devastating monsoon rains ... (ANSA)

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Pakistan: 1,000 dead from floods, thousands evacuated

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(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 27 - MINGORA, AUG 27 - Thousands of people living near rivers in northern Pakistan, hit by floods, have been ordered to abandon their homes as the provisional toll of the victims of the devastating monsoon rains approaches. share one thousand.

Moltifiumi in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa broke the levees, demolishing dozens of buildings including a 150-room hotel, which crumbled under the force of the water of a flooding stream.

According to local officials, this year's monsoon floods affected more than 33 million people - one in seven Pakistanis - destroying or severely damaging nearly one million homes.

The same officials say this year's floods are comparable to those of 2010 - the worst ever recorded - when more than two thousand people died and nearly a fifth of the country remained underwater.

(HANDLE).

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