In addition to the casualties, the floods damaged more than 46,200 houses, the National Disaster Management Authority said on Friday. “We are doing our best to provide extensive relief and rehabilitation to the flood victims,” Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said during a visit to the affected areas. But Balochistan’s provincial government said it needed more funds and appealed to international organizations for help. “Our losses are huge,” said provincial chief minister Abdul Qudoos Bezenjo. There were food shortages in every area affected by the floods, with some also cut off from the rest of the province by the removal of more than 700 kilometers of roads. Bezenzo said his province needs “enormous help” from the government and international aid agencies. Last month was the wettest in three decades, with 133 percent more rain than the 30-year average, the disaster agency said. Balochistan, which borders Iran and Afghanistan, received 305 percent more rainfall than the annual average, the disaster agency said.
