September 16

At least 22 people were killed and nine others injured in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods in the last 24 hours in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said.

According to a report released by the NDMA on Thursday evening, six children and 10 women were among those who lost their lives in separate flood-related incidents during the cited period.

The country's southwestern Balochistan province was the worst-hit region with 13 killed and nine injured, followed by the southern Sindh province with eight killed and the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province with one killed, according to the report.

Moreover, 36,547 houses were destroyed and 9,070 livestock animals perished in different parts of Pakistan, it added.

The total death toll in Pakistan from this season's monsoon rains and floods since mid-June has risen to around 1,508 along with 12,758 injured, the NDMA said.

Moreover, 1,817,550 houses in total have been destroyed, while an estimated 927,543 livestock animals have perished in the rains and subsequent floods across the country, it said.

Rescue and relief operations by the NDMA, other government organizations, volunteers and non-governmental organizations were underway in the flood-hit areas.

xinhua