The number of people affected in recent floods in Pakistan rose above seven million, as authorities scrambled to provide relief goods and evacuate marooned people, the government said on Saturday. The floods, brought by heavy monsoon downpours which started at the end of August, have inundated vast areas of the southern province of Sindh. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said in statement that "over seven million" have been affected by the deluge, which has flooded more than 2.4 million hectares of land and damaged more than 500,000 houses. The death toll in rain-related incidents and floods had also risen, to 342, and the number of injured to 633, the statement was quoted as saying by the German Press Agency "DPA".
