Heavy Monsoon Rains Leave 77 Dead Over 3 Weeks in Pakistan

Heavy Monsoon Rains Leave 77 Dead Over 3 Weeks in Pakistan
A flooded area in Quetta, Pakistan, on July 6, 2022, in a still from video. AP/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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QUETTA, Pakistan—At least 77 people, including women and children, have died in rain-related incidents across Pakistan during the past three weeks, the country’s minister for climate change said Wednesday.

The monsoon rains also damaged homes, roads, bridges, and power stations across the country since June 14, Sherry Rehman told a news conference in the capital, Islamabad, as storms continued lashing the country.