PM vows government will not disappoint flood victims as economic losses estimated at more than $10bn
There are growing fears for people living in communities incut off by devastating flooding caused by unusually strong monsoon rains, as damage to major roads hampers the military-led relief effort.
The chief minister of the southern province of Balochistan said more help was needed from the federal government immediately. “We are facing a lack of financial resources, tents and other relief goods and connectivity as all major highways are badly damaged … hampering our relief efforts,” Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo said, adding that his province had sustained more than 200bn rupees of damage.
Flash floods fuelled by climate change have affected more than 33 million people, officials have said. “It’s all one big ocean, there’s no dry land to pump the water out,” the climate change minister, Sherry Rehman, said on Monday, as the official death rose from 1,033 to 1,136. That figure is expected to increase markedly once emergency teams access the many communities that have been cut off.
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