Three dead, nine missing in AJK floods: Officials
Rescue teams were at work in the Machiara ravine, around 40 kilometres (24 miles) from Muzaffarabad, the main city of the Pakistan-run part of the disputed territory, said Raja Muazzam, director of Kashmir's Disaster Management Authority.
"We have recovered three dead bodies. Those who were swept away in the flood waters and are still missing include six men and three women," Ansar Yaqoob, a senior government official, told AFP.
"The water level is still very high and has hampered the rescue operation. It seems that there is no chance for any survival."
Floods in Pakistan in the summer of 2011 affected 5.8 million people, with flood waters killing livestock, destroying crops, homes and infrastructure as the nation struggled to recover from record inundations the previous year.
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The chief minister said that the country’s wealth and resources had been misappropriated and they should be taken back from plunderers and distributed among the victims. He called for giving foreign aid to provinces.
Why is the PDMA never prepared
Natural Disaster mitigation is the way forward.
Unfortunately this country is ever ready to extend it's hand out for international aid for disaster relief and not for disaster mitigation. And press just let's the government off on accountability of aid
This poor country is troubled with a million problems. Ethnic cleansing, Sectarianism, Quakes, Political rivalries, Water, Health, Education, poverty, target killings, separatists, Resentful neighbors, War, Terrorism, Law and Order, Media wars, Dominant establishment, Pro active judiciary, Institutional failures, Minorities, Poor governance, Provisional autonomy, power crises, Economy, Price hikes. Floods or no floods; any difference?