Sindh the hardest hit province

Source: Dawn

Date: 20 Aug, 2010

ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: As reports of losses from tail-end areas start to pour in, the number of houses damaged and people affected by floods in Sindh has surpassed the figures for other provinces.

The losses in Sindh are still rising.

 Data compiled by the Federal Flood Commission on the basis of reports submitted by provincial governments show that out of the 6.378 million people affected in the country, 2.45 million belong to Sindh, 1.9 million to Punjab, 1.56 million to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 476,845 to Balochistan and 87,000 people to Gilgit-Baltistan.

Of the 10,963 affected villages, 4,295 are located in Sindh, 3,132 in Punjab, 2,584 in Balochistan, 581 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 371 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
The cropped area inundated in Sindh is 1.552 million acres, Punjab 1.471 million acres, Balochistan 630,705 acres, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 466,626 acres, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) 6,500 acres and Gilgit-Baltistan 9,000 acres. The total cropped areas damaged countrywide is 4.135 million acres.

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