Flood toll in Pakistan rises to 118

August 20, 2013 08:08 pm | Updated November 02, 2016 12:14 pm IST - Islamabad

Pakistani villagers push a horse cart through  flood water in Kala Shah Kako near Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 19, 2013. Hundreds of villages were submerged and acres of crop land were destroyed due to high floods in rivers. According to government officials, dozens of people have died and over 100,000 people have been affected by flood-related accidents this month, mainly in urban areas. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistani villagers push a horse cart through flood water in Kala Shah Kako near Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 19, 2013. Hundreds of villages were submerged and acres of crop land were destroyed due to high floods in rivers. According to government officials, dozens of people have died and over 100,000 people have been affected by flood-related accidents this month, mainly in urban areas. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

At least 118 people have been killed and more than 800 injured in the continuing rains and floods in Pakistan, the government said on Tuesday.

More than half a million people have also been affected as the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is trying to rescue the people and provide relief to the victims.

Eastern province of Punjab has been badly hit by the floods where 34 people have been killed and 747 injured. Narowal, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Nankanasab, Gujrat and Rajanpur are among the worst hit districts of the province.

At least 26 people have been killed in Sindh, 24 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 18 in Balochistan and 12 in other tribal areas. Four people were also killed in Bagh area of Kashmir.

More than 11,000 houses were fully damaged and 16,500 partially affected. The number of flood hit villages has reached 1,746.

The NDMA has set up 94 camps for the flood victims where more than 9,200 people are currently living.

More than 4,500 cattle heads have also perished in the floods and crops from over 4,12,000 acres destroyed, dealing a blow to poverty stricken villagers mostly living on subsistence farming.

The current spell of the rain is slowly coming to an end with a forecast of isolated rain in the country in the next 24 hours.

Annual monsoon showers bring widespread rains in the country. In the worst flood of 2010, more than 1700 people were killed and over 20 million affected.

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