Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in northern mountains brought floods that have killed at least 1,208 people, including 416 children
A private rescue boat carries evacuees through floodwater at Goth Muhammad Yusuf Naich in Dadu district, Sindh province, Pakistan, on September 1 2022. Picture: BLOOMBERG/ASIM HAFEEZPakistan’s armed forces have rescued a further 2,000 people stranded by rising floodwaters, they said on Friday, in a disaster blamed on climate change that has swamped about a third of the South Asian nation and is still growing.
“During the last 24 hours, 1,991 stranded individuals have been evacuated,” the armed forces said in a statement, adding that nearly 163 tonnes of relief supplies had also been delivered to the flood-affected. Weather officials predict more rains and flash flooding in the month of September, with southern regions bracing for a surge of water from the Indus river.
Pakistan received nearly 190% more rain than its 30-year average in the quarter from June to August, totalling 390.7mm.
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