Pakistan flood: Third of the country ‘under water’; over 1000 dead

The Swat Valley in Pakistan’s Kyber Pakhtunkhwa region was disconnected from the rest of the nation because of damaged infrastructure and…

As hundreds of thousands of individuals across Pakistan battle the worst monsoon floods in a millennium, killing dozens, climate change minister Sherry Rehman said on Monday that flooding generated by record monsoon rains had submerged a third of the nation.

The monsoon rains, according to Rehman, have caused a crisis of “epic proportions.” “It’s one big ocean, so there is no dry land to pump the water out,” she told AFP, as the nation deals with floods that have displaced 33 million individuals.

The Swat Valley, which is home to millions of individuals in Pakistan’s northern Kyber-Pakhtunkhwa region, has been disconnected from the rest of the nation because of damaged infrastructure and flood waters. Citizens said food and medicine were slowly decreasing, and they had limited access to electricity.

The top ten follow-ups to the Pakistan floods are as follows:

1. As many as 1,061 individuals have been killed since the monsoonal rains started in June. However, the ultimate toll could be greater because flood-swollen rivers have cut off hundreds of villages in the mountainous north, according to the news agency AFP.
2. According to the National Disaster Management Authority, this year’s flooding has impacted more than 33 million individuals or one in every seven Pakistanis. The floods this year are similar to those in 2010, which were the lowest rated record, killing over 2,000 individuals.
3. Flood victims have sought shelter in tent camps strewn across the nation, where hopelessness has set in. “It’s a nightmare to live here. Our self-esteem is on the line.” “Fazal e Malik was seeking refuge at a school in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which now houses approximately 2,500 people.”
4. Weeks of continuous rain have flooded millions of acres of rich grassland, but the Indus is now threatening to burst its banks as torrents of water course downstream from watercourses in the north.
5. Balochistan’s Chief Minister, Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo, said the region had experienced severe more than 200 billion Pakistani rupees ($900 million) in losses as an outcome of the two-month flood.
6. Pakistan’s foreign minister said the nation requires financial assistance to cope with “immense” floods, and he wanted that financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund would consider the economic damage.
7. The IMF executive board was supposed to meet on Monday to choose whether to restart a $6 billion loan programme necessary for the nation to service its foreign loans, but it is already evident that it will take more to reconstruct and repair after this rainy season.
8. “My sentiments are with all those who have been impacted, in addition to those working in tough circumstances to help the rescue operations,” Queen Elizabeth said in a message of encouragement to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
9. The government declared an emergency and requested international assistance, and the first aid planes arrived on Sunday from Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. It couldn’t have arrived at a more adverse time for Pakistan’s economy, which is in rapid decline.
10. Basic goods prices are increasing, especially for onions, tomatoes, and chickpeas, as manufacturers complain about a shortage of supplies from the flooded economic powerhouse regions of Sindh and Punjab.