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Bodies of water in the affected Sindh province of Pakistan are beginning to recede. The Indus River, which rose well above its banks and caused severe flooding, has returned to “normal” levels, according to Mohammad Irfan, in charge of water affairs in the province.
These are good signs for the hard-hit population, where hundreds of thousands of residents have been left homeless in the province in southeastern Pakistan of about 48 million.
So far, 1,545 people have died in the floods in Pakistan, over 33 million residents have been affected and 1.8 million homes have been destroyed after torrential rains and floods that began in June, according to Pakistan’s disaster management agency.
In the last two days, the water level has dropped by almost one meter in some of the severely flooded areas.
But consequences remain, and the spread of disease and infection is particularly serious. During a two-day period, over 37,000 patients were treated for water-related illnesses.
An important country road in the province of Baluchistan has been able to be reopened, which is necessary to transport necessary medical equipment and emergency aid to vulnerable areas.