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Bleak future lies in store for Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): Pakistan is at a crossroads as most paths lead to further disaster than seen in the last six months.
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Pakistan: 8 more die in rain-related incidents in Balochistan, Sindh
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], July 27 (ANI): Heavy rains continued to cause great damage in several areas of Pakistan's Sindh and Balochistan province, as eight more people lost their lives in rain-related accidents.
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UN humanitarian agency appeals for urgent funds to avert food crisis in Ho
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], July 25 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations humanitarian agency on Monday appealed for urgent funding to help avert a humanitarian disaster that is looming in the Horn of Africa amid a severe drought.
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310 people killed in rain-related incidents in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 25 (ANI): As many as 310 people were killed and 295 others were injured in separate rain-related incidents in Pakistan since June 14, media reported quoting National Disaster Management Authority.
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Sindh govt announces public holiday on Monday amid heavy rain forecast
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], July 24 (ANI): Amid the heavy downpour, the government of Sindh has declared Monday as a public holiday in Karachi and Hyderabad division, with more downpours expected over the next 48 hours.
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Two killed, two injured in Pakistan's flash flood
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], July 24 (ANI): At least two people were killed and two others injured on Sunday in separate rain-related incidents in Karachi and Peshawar as heavy downpour lashed parts of Pakistan.
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Pak: 100 killed, 57 injured in rain-related incidents in Balochistan provi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 24 (ANI): Heavy downpours have killed 100 people in Pakistan, leaving 57 injured and displacing many across southwest Balochistan province.
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Pak govt assures citizens of stable economy while it heads toward crisis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 23 (ANI): While Pakistan's economy is heading towards disaster, its government is assuring the citizens that Islamabad's economy is stable.
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Karnataka CM Bommai says, there is need to standardise disaster management
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 22 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai on Friday said that there is a need to standardise the disaster management system to reduce the impact of the disasters on human lives.
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Pakistan: At least 282 people killed in rain-related incidents over past 4
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 22 (ANI): At least 282 people including 160 women and children were killed in separate rain-related incidents in Pakistan over the past four weeks, as the heavy rainfall lashed the country, media reported citing the country's National Disaster Management Authority
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90 killed, many displaced due to heavy rains in South-West Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): Torrential rains in Pakistan killed 90 people and displaced many in separate rain-related incidents during the recent monsoon season in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province since June 1, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said on Thu
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China's economic losses from natural disasters exceed 88 bln yuan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 21 (ANI): China's direct economic losses from natural disasters amounted to 88.81 billion yuan, about USD 13.13 billion, in the first half of 2022, the Ministry of Emergency Management said Thursday.
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