The head of the delegation of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Society (IFRC) in Pakistan Farid Abdulkadir Ayyvar said that as a result of floods that fell on the country over the past two months, 884 people died.
speaking at the weekly press conference at the UN Geneva office, IIIVAR noted that Pakistan has been Pakistan from the end of June Pakistan One of the most difficult monsoon seasons is experiencing in recent history.
, according to him, the heavy rains caused large -scale floods, landslides and destruction in almost all provinces of the country, including Sind, Punjab and Beluganistan. “According to the National Directorate for the Combating of Pakistan, as of September 5, 884 people were killed, thousands were injured, more than a million were evacuated,” he said.
Ayyvar specified that about 9,363 houses were partially or completely destroyed. In the affected areas, millions of people were left without access to clean water, food and medical care.