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The Emirates Red Crescent Authority has strengthened its humanitarian response to support those affected by torrential rains and floods in Pakistan and Sudan, and is working to alleviate the suffering caused by the disaster and provide greater care to the victims. The authority is currently working through a number of axes to transport more urgent needs that meet the requirements of the affected people in terms of shelter, food and other necessities. Yesterday, a relief air bridge arrived in Pakistan as part of an initiative of the authority to support the affected and affected, and the Red Crescent teams distributed food and shelter aid In the northern state, Dongola locality, as part of the Commission’s efforts to contain the repercussions of the disaster on the affected and needy people in Sudan.
The aid includes tens of tons of various food and relief items, to contribute to supporting the affected population and families of the victims and improving their living conditions. This aid also contributes to supporting Pakistani and Sudanese efforts to contain the effects of the humanitarian catastrophe.
In Pakistan, government data showed yesterday that more than 90,000 people were treated for infectious and water-borne diseases in one day in the flood-affected areas of southern Pakistan, with the death toll from the floods exceeding 1,500 people.
Record monsoon rains in south and southwest Pakistan and melting glaciers in the northern parts of the country have led to floods affecting nearly 33 million people in the South Asian nation of 220 million, destroying homes, crops, bridges, roads and livestock and causing In damages estimated at 30 billion dollars.
The National Disaster Management Authority reported 1,508 deaths, including 536 children and 308 women.
At a time when hundreds of thousands of displaced people need support in terms of food, shelter, clean drinking water, latrines and medicine, the UAE has intensified its humanitarian efforts by sending dozens of planes loaded with tons of food and medical supplies to alleviate the suffering of the displaced and those affected by torrential rains and floods.
In Sudan, the death toll from floods and torrents rose to 134, dozens were injured and tens of thousands of homes were destroyed, police said. The spokesman for the National Council for Civil Defense, Abdel Jalil Abdel Rahim, announced the latest report on the losses caused by the floods, and reported the death of 134 people, the largest number of them in North Kordofan state in the center of the country.
According to the government statistics, 120 people were injured, 54,000 houses collapsed completely, and more than 70,000 homes partially collapsed.
Usually heavy rain falls in Sudan between May and October, which leads to damages to homes, infrastructure and crops.
The areas most affected by the recent floods are the states of Gedaref, Kassala, North and South Kordofan, in addition to the Darfur region, according to the United Nations.
The United Nations has warned that the floods and resulting from them could affect 460,000 people, a number higher than the annual average of 388,000 people affected between 2017 and 2021.