Pakistan

Flash flooding from the heavy rains has washed away villages and crops as soldiers and rescue workers evacuated stranded residents to the safety of relief camps ...

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Flash flooding from 'monster monsoon' washes away villages and crops and leaves thousands homeless.

Officials say Pakistan is unfairly bearing the consequences of irresponsible environmental practices elsewhere in the world. Its assistant commissioner, Saqib Khan, told local media it had requested military helicopters to rescue stranded families as “there is no road route, and the communication system and electricity in the affected areas has broken down”. It is a climate dystopia at our doorstep,” said Rehman. It said this year’s floods were comparable with those of 2010 – the worst on record – when more than 2,000 people died and nearly a fifth of the country was under water. Local media reported that at least 83,000 livestock had died in the last 24 hours. The on-camera statement was retweeted by the country’s ambassador to the EU.

SUKKUR: A huge relief operation was under way Monday and international aid began trickling in as Pakistan struggled to deal with monsoon flooding that...

Millions of acres of rich farmland have been flooded by weeks of non-stop rain, but now the Indus is threatening to burst its banks as a result of torrents of water coursing downstream from tributaries in the north. Near Sukkur, a city in southern Sindh province and home to an ageing colonial-era barrage on the Indus River that is vital to preventing further catastrophe, one farmer lamented the devastation wrought on his rice fields. This year's floods are comparable to 2010 -- the worst on record -- when more than 2,000 people died and nearly a fifth of the country was under water.

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The government has deployed soldiers to help civilian authorities in rescue and relief operations across the country. Rehman said on Sunday that the warming climate was causing glaciers in mountainous northern regions to melt faster than normal, exacerbating the impact of the heavy rain. I request people to come ahead and help.” Many have also taken shelter on roadsides, said Kamran Bangash, a spokesperson for the provincial government. It was important for developed countries to do more to reduce their dependency on fossil fuels, Bradshaw said. Many crops that provided much of the population’s livelihoods had been wiped out, he added.

Muslim Hands is appealing for more funds to help them deliver aid in disaster-hit Pakistan.

"We are funded by ordinary donors on the street and we desperately need people to come forward and show an outpouring of donations to their brothers and sisters in Pakistan." It has asked supporters in the UK to donate whatever they can to help "their brothers and sisters" in Pakistan. A charity has said its aid workers in Pakistan are being "overwhelmed" by the tens of thousands of people affected by flooding.