Red Cross: Pakistan floods have killed 884 in two months

Pakistan is grappling with one of its most destructive monsoon seasons in recent memory, as floods have claimed hundreds of lives and displaced over a million people, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warned on September 5.

According to Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority, at least 884 people have died and thousands more injured as of September 5. More than 1 million residents have been evacuated, while nearly 9,400 homes have been partially or fully destroyed, Caliber.Az reports via foreign media.

The floods have also wiped out over 6,180 livestock, leaving communities without access to clean water, food, and healthcare.

Farid Abdulkadir Aiywar, IFRC head of delegation for Pakistan, urged the international community not to overlook the unfolding disaster, which he described as “quietly but relentlessly” devastating communities across the country.

“While global attention has rightly turned to the devastating earthquake in Afghanistan, I must urge us not to forget another unfolding tragedy,” Aiywar told reporters.

Since late June, torrential rains have triggered severe flooding, landslides, and widespread destruction across nearly every province, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

Aiywar said the IFRC and the Pakistan Red Crescent are scaling up emergency assistance but stressed that greater international solidarity is needed.

“The crisis is far from over. Entire communities remain underwater, families have lost everything, and access to safe water and health care is becoming more urgent by the day,” he added.

By Sabina Mammadli