Over 300 killed, six million affected in Sindh floods

ISLAMABAD: Recent floods in Sindh caused by monsoon rains have killed almost 300 people and affected six million others causing damage to an area of 7.987 million of land destroying many crops.



According to NDMA, all 23 districts of Sindh, namely Badin, TM Khan, Mirpurkhas, Tharparkar, Umerkot, Thatta, Tando Allayar, Naushero Feroze, Khairpur, Shaheed Benazirabad, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Sanghar, Dadu, Shahdad Kot, Jamshoro, Hyderabad, Kamber-Shahdadkot, Kashmore, Ghotki, Larkana, Matiari and Karachi have been affected by the floods.

The floods have fully damaged 5,39,899 houses while another 8,48,412 houses have suffered partial damage.

More than 80,000 livestock have been washed away by flood waters in Sindh while crops like cotton, banana, dates, chilli and sugarcane on 2,800,000 acres have been destroyed or affected. About 31,960 villages have been badly affected by the floods.

The first spell of rain that started on August 11 mainly affected seven districts of the Sindh province, while an ongoing second spell hit the entire province, including Karachi.