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Pakistan: Pakistan - Severe Weather (DG ECHO, Partners) (ECHO Daily Flash of 06 July 2017)

Source: European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations
Country: Pakistan

Dozens of villages are to be evacuated in the coming two days in Muzzafargarh district in Punjab following flood warnings issued by the government. Ten relief camps have been established by the district administration to accommodate the evacuees.

In North Waziristan Agency in FATA, six children were swept away by flood waters caused by heavy downpour on Tuesday. Earlier, at least 9 people died and 20 houses were damaged due to heavy rains and flash floods in Lasbela, district of Balochistan.

In Chitral district in KP, hundreds of tourists are stranded due to heavy rains and roads blockades. Rescue activities have been initiated by local residents.

Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has issued warning of heavy rains and landslides during the next 48 hours, in hilly areas of upper KP (Malakand, Hazara divisions), Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir.


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