※  Disastrous floods in Pakistan

The disastrous flood, triggered by heavy rains, spread throughout Pakistan from August 22 through October, killing at least 455 people, damaging 465,400 houses and causing 269,000 people to be displaced. Pakistani authorities estimated that overall 6 million people had been affected by the floods.

The nation’s southern province of Sindh was the worst hit area, with dozens of people killed and injured in various rain-related accidents. Heavy rains lashed almost every district of Sindh but the upper-part of the province was the most fatally affected. Rain water entered the houses standing in low lying areas of the province. Railways and road traffic were also affected, as most of the roads and railway tracks were submerged under water.

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