ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's armed forces have rescued a further 2,000 people stranded by rising floodwaters, they said on Friday (Sep 2), in a disaster blamed on climate change that has swamped about a third of the south Asian nation and is still growing. Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in northern mou
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan'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.
In the Dadu district of Sindh, one of the worst-affected provinces, several villages were under as much as 3.35m of water, according to Bashir Khan, a local resident who is in contact with people remaining in the area.In neighbouring Mehar, residents were constructing a dike in an attempt to prevent floodwaters from entering the town, he said.
Villagers board a tractor trolley as they travel amid flood water, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Bajara village, Sehwan, Pakistan, Aug 31, 2022.
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