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The death toll from nearly six weeks of monsoon rains and floods across Pakistan has risen to 154, officials said on Thursday, as downpours continued in much of the country, inundating some villages.
Commuters are facing difficulties due to stagnant rainwater caused by heavy downpours in monsoon season, Larkana City, Sindh Province, Pakistan, August 4, 2024. /CFP
More than 1,500 homes have been damaged since July 1, when the monsoon rains began, the National Disaster Management Authority said. Orchards in remote areas of southwestern Balochistan Province were damaged, and rains flooded many streets in the eastern city of Lahore.
The Pakistan-administered portion of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir has also been battered by rains, causing landslides.
Many of the 154 deaths occurred in the eastern Punjab and northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, according to the disaster agency and provincial authorities.
Pakistan is in the middle of the annual monsoon season, which runs from July through to September. Scientists and weather forecasters blame climate change for heavy rains in recent years.
So far this year, Pakistan has received less rain than in 2022, when climate-induced downpours swelled rivers and inundated one-third of the country, killing 1,739 people and causing $30 billion in damage.
(Cover: A resident wades through a flooded bridge, which is overflowing following heavy rains, in Khyber, Peshawar, Pakistan, August 4, 2024. /CFP)