education of 3.5 million students suspended due to devastating floods in The United Nations said Pakistan in a report on Friday.
The report was released during the two-day solidarity of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres support Visit to Pakistan, said the flood also hit refugees living in South Asian country.
United Nations Office for coordination of The Office of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimates that there are approximately 800,000 refugees live in Counties that have been officially notified as a “disaster hit” in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, northwest of the country.
In the southeastern province of The report said that the bond alone, over 1.2 million hectares of Agricultural land was damaged.
More than 1.5 million homes have been damaged or destroyed in Sindh – approximately 88% of The total Nationally, it added.
The report showed over 1,460 health facilities were damaged by heavy rains and floods.
“Access to health facilities, health care workers, essential medicines and medical supplies remain limited” added.
Disastrous floods hit Pakistan killing 1,391 people Since June 14, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
Pakistani officials told Guterres on Friday that devastating flood caused more From 30 billion dollars in damage and that the country will need international help for rebuild its infrastructure.
a total of 12,722 people were injured in rain and flood- related accidents across the country, official data showed.
monsoon season in Pakistan , like in else countries in The regionusually results in Heavy rain, but this year It was the wettest since 1961.
“Standing water still covers large areas of The report said, citing the extensions of water monitored by satellites and drawn by the United Nations Center for Satellites.
The designation tentatively refers to at least 75,000 square kilometers (28,957 square miles) of Earth in Pakistan, analyzed between August 1 and 9, appears to have been affected by the flood waters.
more than half of It appears to be farmland.
