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Death toll in Pakistan floods reaches 1314 people

by Al Jazeera

At least 25 more people have died overnight in Pakistan where rapidly melting glaciers have submerged more than a third of the South Asian nation.

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Monday reported the deaths, pushing the total fatalities in the devastating floods since June to 1314, nearly a third of them (458) being children.

The southern Sindh province remains the worst affected where authorities have reported a total of 522 deaths so far, including 219 children.

The record floods have displaced more than 33 million people, with the country now facing the spread of waterborne diseases and other health challenges in the affected regions.

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