Islamabad:
The number of victims of Pakistan’s monsoon floods since June has reached 1,033, according to figures released Sunday by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
It said 119 people had died in the past 24 hours as heavy rains ravaged parts of the country.
The annual monsoon is essential for irrigating crops and replenishing lakes and dams in the Indian subcontinent, but also brings with it a wave of destruction every year.
Officials say this year’s monsoon floods affected more than 33 million people – one in seven Pakistanis – and destroyed or severely damaged nearly a million homes.
The NDMA said more than two million acres of cultivated crops were wiped out, 3,451 kilometers (2,150 miles) of roads destroyed and 149 bridges washed away.
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