ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has said that it has expressed deep grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives due to recent floods and heavy rains in China, local media reported on Saturday.
In a statement, Pakistan’s Foreign Office Spokesperson said Pakistan’s thoughts and sympathies were with the flood-hit people and the bereaved families.
The spokesperson said in this tough time, Islamabad stands ready to provide highest support and humanitarian help to China.
Mentioning that they are also confronting the adverse impacts of the challenge of climate change like China, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said Islamabad is ready to work with Beining to obtain the shared objectives of mitigating the challenge of climate change, and enhancing the capacity for disaster prevention and management.
The spokesperson expressed the confidence that led by the leadership of China, and due to the strong will and belief of the people of China, China’s government would soon overcome this temporary trouble.
Floods in China
At least two persons died, and sixteen others are missing while a landslide triggered by heavy rains near China’s city of Xi’an, official media reported Saturday. The incident took place in the northern part of China.
China has faced lethal floods and heavy rainfall in recent days, with the death toll from storms in the northern areas of the country reaching 78 on Friday, according to official media.
According to state-run CCTV, “Affected by heavy rainfall, on August 11… there was an abrupt mountain flash flood and landslide,”. The television reported that the initial investigation showed that two homes in the area have been washed away and roads, power supply, and bridges have also been damaged,”.
CCTV maintained that four trapped people have been rescued and shifted to safer places.
Chinese state-run media reported rescue efforts were underway on Saturday morning as sixteen people remained missing after the incident in the region.
Emergency management officials in the area warned Saturday that the affected part of the country would see “several rounds” of heavy storms in upcoming days.
