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The Emirati Red Crescent Authority has strengthened its humanitarian response to support people affected by torrential rains and floods in Pakistan and Sudan and is working to alleviate the suffering caused by the disaster and provide more assistance to the victims. The authority is currently working through a series of axes to transport more urgent needs that meet the needs of those affected in terms of accommodation, food and other needs.A rescue airlift arrived in Pakistan yesterday at the initiative of the authority to support those affected and affected, and Red Crescent teams distributed food and aid to shelters in the northern state, Dongola, as part of the Commission’s efforts to contain the repercussions of the disaster on those affected and in need in Sudan.
The aid includes tens of tons of food and basic necessities, to help support the affected population and the families of the victims and improve their living conditions, as well as support Pakistani and Sudanese efforts to contain the effects of the catastrophe. humanitarian.
In Pakistan, government data yesterday showed that more than 90,000 people were treated for infectious and water-borne diseases in one day in flood-affected areas of southern Pakistan, with a flood death toll exceeding 1,500.
Record monsoon rains in southern and southwestern Pakistan and melting glaciers in the northern parts of the country resulted in flooding that affected nearly 33 million people in the South Asian nation of 220 million, destroying homes, crops, bridges, roads and livestock and causing damage estimated at $ 30 billion.
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 are in need of support in terms of food, shelter, clean drinking water, latrines and medicine, the UAE has stepped up its humanitarian efforts by sending dozens of planes laden with tons of food and supplies to alleviate the suffering of displaced persons and those affected by torrential rains and floods.
In Sudan, the death toll from floods and streams has risen to 134, tens of injured and tens of thousands of homes have been destroyed, police said. National Council for Civil Protection Spokesman Abdel Jalil Abdel Rahim announced the latest flood casualty report and reported the deaths of 134 people, most of them in the central state of North Kordofan. . .
According to government statistics, 120 people were injured, 54,000 houses collapsed completely and more than 70,000 partially collapsed.
Heavy rain usually falls in Sudan between May and October, causing damage to homes, infrastructure and crops.
The areas most affected by the recent floods are the states of Gedaref, Kassala, North and South Kordofan, as well as the Darfur region, according to the United Nations.
The United Nations has warned that floods and subsequent floods could affect 460,000 people, more than the annual average of 388,000 people affected between 2017 and 2021.
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