1,000 dead in monsoon rains in Pakistan

Massive flooding from the monsoon, which has been ongoing since June and has been described as the worst on record, has wreaked havoc in Pakistan.

A total of 982 people died, according to the country’s crisis authority, which recorded 45 new deaths between Friday and Saturday. A total of 1,456 people were injured.

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According to The Guardian, 33 million people have had to flee their homes and large parts of the country are now unreachable by emergency workers. In many places, roads, bridges and dams have been destroyed, and images and clips on social media show entire buildings torn from their foundations and then disappearing into the water.

This is the moment Swat river washed away the famous New Honeymoon Hotel in Pakistan’s northwestern tourist destination Kalam.https://t.co/1b1s2i6pzp pic.twitter.com/pxkUZNM97G

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August 26, 2022

Ask the world for help

In the wake of the destruction, Pakistan’s relatively newly appointed prime minister, Shebaz Sharif, appealed for help from the outside world.

BBC The United States, Great Britain, the United Arab Emirates and several other countries have already contributed to the crisis relief, according to reports. However, that aid may not be enough in the long run, says Salman Sufi at Pakistan’s interior ministry.

“Pakistan is struggling with economic problems and now, when we are dealing with it, we are suffering from the monsoon disaster,” he told the public service channel, adding that funds for several completely unrelated projects have been diverted to recovery. Try.

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