Per the daily situation report issued by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on September 8, 32 of Balochistan’s 37 districts have been affected by the floods, resulting in the deaths of 263 people and leaving another 166 injured. Over 64,000 homes have been partially or completely destroyed.Ī young boy sits next to the relief goods he has just collected in Laal Gul Goth. Mohammad Anwar, one of the residents, vividly remembers the night disaster struck. “It all happened so suddenly,” he says, referring to the night of August 25, when the small 90-foot stream flowing through the village suddenly ballooned into a massive river and swallowed up almost 35 homes, as well as a mosque and madrassah that stood in its path.ĪC Anjum explains that the stream he was referring to was the Kanki nadi, a seasonal river that flowed following rainfall in the mountains. “In the recent rains, the sheer volume of water gushing into this seasonal river was such that it expanded its size manifold and the water destroyed everything in its wake.” ‘Where’s my school?’ The village had grown around this stream and residents used its water for domestic as well as agriculture purposes.
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