AlQa'dah 1, 1433, Sep 17, 2012, SPA - Pakistan authorities were struggling Monday to provide relief to more than 600,000 people affected by floods and torrential rains in the south-western province of Baluchistan, officials said. Attaullah Mengal of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority said Naseerabad and Jaffarabad districts were the worst hit by heavy rains that started last week. "More than 100,000 people are still trapped in Sohbatpur area of Jaffarabad," Mengal said. "We are trying to reach over 600,000 people directly and indirectly affected by the rains and floods." He said 57 people had been killed across the province, and appealed to international aid agencies. Other badly hit areas include Sibi, Jhal Magsi, Kachi, Dera Murad Jamali, Dera Allahyar, Manjopur and Manjoshori, he was quoted as saying by dpa. The provincial government also sought help from the army to move people to safer places and airlift food supplies to the isolated. The meteorological department warned the authorities to prepare for more rain across the country.
