Karachi gets aid after storm deaths
Afp, Karachi
Trucks carrying aid rolled into Karachi yesterday after the death toll from violent storms and flooding along Pakistan's Arabian Sea coast rose to at least 235 people, officials said. Authorities have launched a major relief operation in affected areas of the sprawling port city of 12 million people following Saturday's devastating rain and strong winds, Karachi mayor Mustafa Kamal said. Workers were also clearing fallen trees and the wreckage of nearly 50 huge iron advertising billboards that collapsed during the thunderstorms, causing several of the casualties. President Pervez Musharraf expressed grief over the deaths and ordered provincial and city authorities to take "immediate steps to tackle the situation," state media reported.
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Pakistani residents remove the debris of a collapsed wall from a damaged car after heavy rain and thunderstorms in Karachi yesterday that killed more than 228 people. PHOTO: AFP |
