ISLAMABAD: Six more people perished in the flood triggered by torrential rain on Friday as officials scrambled to revise the death toll from the deepening tragedy to 92, sources claimed.
More than half a million people (591,674) have been affected by the flood, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). With a fatality count of 43, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa emerged as the leading sufferer among provinces and regions while Azad Jammu and Kashmir accounted for 19 deaths, followed by Punjab 13, Balochistan 12 and five in Gilgit-Baltistan.
A senior official working with relief efforts in flood-hit areas on the condition of anonymity said that it is a known fact that women, children and elderly people are more vulnerable during natural calamities.
