ISLAMABAD (AA) – The death toll from Pakistan’s catastrophic floods has risen to nearly 1,400, with 36 new casualties, including 15 children. These updated statistics were reported in the last 24 hours on Friday. The country’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) confirmed 35 new fatalities in southern Sindh province...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – As floodwaters recede in various inundated areas across Pakistan, the country braces for a string of secondary disasters, which experts warn could be “more disastrous and lingering.” From disease outbreaks to severely damaged infrastructure and the looming threat of food security, the South Asian nuclear country ...
ANKARA (AA) – The rise of extreme heat and forest fires will likely worsen air quality and put human health in danger over the course of this century, according to a report released on Wednesday. The link between air pollution and climate change will bring an additional “climate penalty” for hundreds of millions of people [&h...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The death toll from devastating floods across Pakistan has jumped to 1,355, with 12 fresh casualties reported in the past 24 hours, official statistics showed on Wednesday. Of the fresh fatalities, six were reported from Sindh, whereas three people lost their lives in flood-related mishaps in Balochistan and two in Khy...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – As the losses from devastating floods in Pakistan keep piling up, farmers and experts fear that the killing of hundreds of thousands of animals may lead to a severe shortage of milk and meat in the coming months. Ravaging floods have killed over 1,300 people, ripped away mountainsides, swept off the […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Türkiye will host an online fundraiser to help flood victims in Pakistan, where over 1,300 people have lost their lives while over 33 million have been affected, most of whom are living under the open sky. The virtual fundraiser will be held on Thursday at around 7.30 p.m., Istanbul time, a statement […]
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The UN refugee agency has mounted a massive airlift relief operation for flood victims in Pakistan, where over 33 million people have been affected by this year’s disastrous floods. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the first three flights from Dubai arrived in Pakistan while five mo...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The death toll from ravaging floods in Pakistan reached 1,325, with 11 more fatalities reported over the past 24 hours, the country’s national disaster agency said on Monday. All fresh casualties were reported from the southern province of Sindh, where a fresh spell of floods has inundated more land in the ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan could lose its archaeological treasure, which includes remnants of the thousands-year-old Mohenjo Daro and Mahargarh civilizations, to the floods that have inundated a third of the country. Mohenjo Daro, located in the Larkana district of the southern Sindh province, has been hit particularly hard by the...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudanese authorities on Sunday put the death toll from torrential rains and flash floods at 112 since June. In a statement, the National Council for Civil Defense said 115 people were injured in addition to the collapse of 34,944 homes and the partial damage of 49,096 others. Last month, Sudanese authorities […]
