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The country has seen exceptionally heavy monsoon rains which have triggered flash floods, affecting 33 million people and damaging nearly one million homes. The ...

“Times like these remind us of the fragility of our planet and the urgent need for humanity to live in harmony with Nature. “Your country is very special to us, with deep and enduring bonds to the United Kingdom. “The United Kingdom is sending support and continues to stand by the people of Pakistan in their hour of need.” “Our hearts go out to all the victims and their loved ones and to the millions of people who have lost property and their livelihoods,” he said. In a message to the Pakistani government, the Prince of Wales echoed the Queen’s sentiments saying he and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall, were also “deeply saddened” by the devastation caused by the floods. In a message to the country’s president, Arif Alvi, the Queen said: “I am deeply saddened to hear of the tragic loss of life and destruction caused by the floods across Pakistan.

115 Pakistan Floods Families sit near their belongings surrounded by floodwaters, in Sohbat Pur city of Jaffarabad, a district of Pakistan's southwestern ...

Displaced families receive food and take refuge on a roadside after fleeing their flood-hit homes, on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan. A woman fans her children as displaced families take refuge along a roadside after fleeing their flood-hit homes, on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan. Officials in Pakistan say deaths from widespread flooding have topped 1,000 since mid-June.

Hundreds of villages in the mountainous north have been cut off by flood-swollen rivers washing away roads and bridges.

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Pakistan is facing one of the worst climate crises ever as half the country is flooded with water due to devastating monsoon rains.

Pakistan is eighth on NGO [Germanwatch's Global Climate Risk Index](https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220828-pakistan-s-south-braces-for-deluge-from-swollen-northern-rivers), a list of countries deemed most vulnerable to extreme weather caused by climate change. Relief operations: The government has deployed soldiers to help civilian authorities in rescue and relief operations across the country. Officials have warned that huge amount of water is expected to reach Sindh through these rivers in the next few days. The Indus river, fed by dozens of mountain tributaries to the north, but many have burst their banks following record rains and glacier melt, Our infrastructure is paralyzed & people are desperate for shelter and food.”— SherryRehman’sTeam (@SRehmanOffice) Pakistan is facing one of the worst climate crises ever as half the country is flooded with water due to devastating monsoon rains.

Pakistan expects an economic hit of at least $10 billion as flooding from the highest rainfall in more than three decades continues to threaten lives in the ...

International aid has been reaching the country while the Queen has also sent a message of support - but there are fears the situation could continue to ...

International aid has been reaching the country on Monday while efforts have continued to try to evacuate many thousands of people stranded by conditions driven by "monster monsoons". Pictures have shown the devastation caused by widespread flooding in Pakistan which has killed more than 1,000 people and left nearly a million homes damaged. International aid has been reaching the country while the Queen has also sent a message of support - but there are fears the situation could continue to deteriorate with the conditions already claiming more than 1,000 lives.

The death toll from flooding in Pakistan has exceeded 1000 since mid-June, with the monsoon season declared "a serious climate catastrophe."

The met office said the country as a whole had received twice the usual monsoon rainfall, but Balochistan and Sindh had more than four times the average of the last three decades. The prices of basic goods - particularly onions, tomatoes and chickpeas - are soaring as vendors bemoan a lack of supplies from the flooded breadbasket provinces of Sindh and Punjab. The International Monetary Fund executive board was scheduled to meet in Washington later Monday to decide whether to green-light the resumption of a $6 billion loan programme essential for the country to service its foreign debt, but it is already clear the country will need more to repair and rebuild after this monsoon. 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. 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 torrents of water course downstream from tributaries in the north. Tens of millions of people across swathes of Pakistan were on Monday battling the worst monsoon floods in a decade, with countless homes washed away, vital farmland destroyed, and the country's main river threatening to burst its banks.

International aid was reaching Pakistan on Monday as evacuations were underway for widespread flooding that have claimed more than 1000 lives this summer.

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The emergency – brought on by extreme levels of monsoon rainfall and melting glaciers – is estimated to have affected 33 million people and damaged one million ...

Our helicopter authorities are not finding dry land to drop rations and essentials,” Rehman said. The unprecedented rains have affected all four of the country’s provinces. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. By clicking ‘Register’ you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our [flood](/topic/flood)-damaged areas in the north-west of the country on Monday (29 August) and pledged that the government will provide housing for those who have lost their homes. [emergency](/topic/emergency) – brought on by extreme levels of monsoon rainfall and melting glaciers – is estimated to have affected 33 million people and damaged one million homes. [The Queen](/topic/the-queen-0) has expressed her sympathies to the people of [Pakistan](/topic/pakistan) amid widespread flooding that has left more than 1,000 people dead.

More than 1000 people have died in the floods as authorities struggle to provide relief to flood victims.

it is overwhelming,” Zardari said in an interview with the Reuters news agency. “I saw floodwater everywhere, wherever I went in recent days and even today,” Sharif said on Monday in Charsadda, one of the devastated towns. We’ll need to have climate resilient crops as well as structures,” she said. Sodhar said her entire family, with pregnant women and infants, have no shelter and are living in the open in scorching weather in the nearby town of Mehar. Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Sunday he hoped financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund would take the economic fallout into account. We are alive, but we are not able to live any more,” the 25-year-old teacher told Al Jazeera, adding that she could not save her 30 livestock while her house was destroyed by the deluge.

International aid is reaching Pakistan as the military and volunteers desperately try to evacuate thousands stranded by widespread...

Prime Minister Shabaz Sharif on Monday was visiting various flood-damaged areas in the country's northwest. Last week, the United Nations in a statement said it had allocated $US3 million for UN aid agencies and their partners in Pakistan to respond to the floods and this money will be used for health, nutrition, food security, and water and sanitation services in flood-affected areas, focusing on the most vulnerable. Turkey and the UAE are among the nations that pledged to help Pakistan tackle the crisis after officials called for international help.

In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, the Swat River has become a raging torrent, washing away buildings and bridges and damaging roads, as the death toll from ...

The met office said the country as a whole had received twice the usual monsoon rainfall, but Balochistan and Sindh had more than four times the average of the last three decades. In Washington later Monday, the International Monetary Fund executive board was scheduled to meet to decide whether to green-light the resumption of a $6 billion loan programme essential for the country to service its foreign debt, but it is already clear it will take more to repair and rebuild after this monsoon. 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 torrents of water course downstream from tributaries in the north.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — International aid was reaching Pakistan on Monday, as the military and volunteers desperately tried to evacuate many thousands stranded by ...

Last week, the United Nations in a statement said that it has allocated $3 million for U.N. Later on Monday, the International Monetary Fund’s executive board was expected to approve the release of a much-awaited $1.7 billion for Pakistan. “I am sitting with my family in a tent, and how can I go out to work? He appealed to Pakistanis living abroad to generously donate to the flood victims. Some 180,000 people in the town have been evacuated after the Swat River overflowed and swamped nearby communities. International aid was starting to flow into Pakistan after the country appealed for help from what officials say is a disaster fueled by climate change.

The floods caused by the monsoon rains since mid-June 2022 has affected Balochistan, Sindh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Punjab, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Khyber ...

Besides deploying 6 mobile water treatment plants, NFI (hygiene kit, jerrycan and mosquito net) and cash assistance (16,000 PKR - 73.5 CHF) are being provided; from which 1,100 families in Balochistan, 400 in Sindh, 400 in Punjab, and 1,100 in KPK will benefit. Along with this humanitarian aid another 100 tents (16m2 ), 1,000 blankets and 38,510 pieces of clothing will be sent with a special "aid train" organized by Ministry of Interior, Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Türkiye. PRCS has been responding to the flood disaster in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with the support of DREF (CHF 481,058).

Welcome to today's Morning Brief, where we're following Pakistan's deadly floods, U.S. warships in the Taiwan Strait, and the world this week.

Beijing, which has previously warned [Washington](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/28/world/asia/us-warships-taiwan-china.html) against such actions, said it was [monitoring](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/28/china-us-navy-taiwan-strait-pelosi/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world) the ships. [erupted](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/28/world/middleeast/libya-militias-hifter-dbeiba-bashagha.html) between rival militias in Tripoli, Libya, on Saturday, killing at least [30 people](https://www.npr.org/2022/08/27/1119818207/libya-militias-clashes-tripoli) and injuring more than a hundred others. treaty](https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62680423) to protect sea life, after two weeks of negotiations ended in [deadlock](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nations-fail-to-reach-deal-on-un-treaty-to-protect-sea-life/2022/08/27/4776d2ea-25e8-11ed-a72f-1e7149072fbc_story.html?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world) over financial support for developing nations and fishing guidelines. [first time](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/28/world/asia/us-warships-taiwan-china.html) since U.S. [world record](https://sports.yahoo.com/man-breaks-world-record-floating-river-pumpkin-reaction-195706213.html) for distance traveled while drifting in a pumpkin, 60-year old Duane Hansen floated down the Missouri River in one that weighed 846 pounds. [Taiwan Strait](https://www.c7f.navy.mil/Media/News/Display/Article/3142171/7th-fleet-cruisers-transit-taiwan-strait/) demonstrates the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” the U.S. It also fits into a trend of extreme weather ravaging Asia, as FP’s Mary Yang [reported.](https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/08/24/extreme-weather-asia-climate-change-floods-droughts-heatwave/) But many still remain [stranded](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62710230) and in need of food and supplies, while more than [33 million people](https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/25/asia/pakistan-flooding-climate-minister-intl-hnk/index.html) have been impacted by the floods. In an interview with Reuters, Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari pleaded for [financial support](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-foreign-minister-says-help-needed-after-overwhelming-floods-2022-08-28/) and said he believed the flooding’s economic fallout could exceed $4 billion. [swallow up roads](https://www.npr.org/2022/08/28/1119854665/pakistan-flooding-climate-change), more than 1,000 people have died since mid-June. Tens of thousands of [livestock](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/28/people-are-getting-sick-destitution-in-flood-hit-pakistan) have died. But in Pakistan, this climate nightmare is exhausting a population already experiencing political and economic tumult.

Islamabad (CNN) Pakistan is racing to prevent further loss of life as it reels from one of its worst climate disasters with floodwater threatening to cover ...

The threat of Covid-19 and damage to vehicles, infrastructure and connectivity are further making our emergency relief works almost impossible. Most of those affected are also immobile or marooned making us hard to reach them," he said. "Looking at the incredible damage the floods have caused, it slowly becoming clear to us that relief efforts are going to take a very long time. Let us rise above our differences and stand by our people who need us today." "I haven't seen any destruction or devastation of this scale," said Butto-Zardari. "Times demand that we come together as one nation in support of our people facing this calamity.

International aid is reaching Pakistan as the military and volunteers desperately try to evacuate thousands stranded by widespread flooding driven by ...

Prime Minister Shabaz Sharif on Monday was visiting various flood-damaged areas in the country's northwest. Turkey and the UAE are among the nations that pledged to help Pakistan tackle the crisis after officials called for international help. Trucks carrying tents, food, and water arranged by Pakistan were also being dispatched to various parts of the country by the National Disaster Management Authority for tens of thousands of flood victims.

NEW DELHI: Floods in Pakistan have killed more than 1000 people after what its climate change minister called a record unbroken cycle of monsoon rains with ...

The same month a cloudburst turned the streets of Hyderabad into raging rivers in just two hours. Despite being heavily studied, the monsoon is relatively poorly understood. But it brings destruction every year in landslides and floods. Advertisement

SHIKARPUR: The smattering of homes in Panjal Sheikh started to collapse one by one, as torrential rain lashed the tiny southern Pakistani village and ...

"We are in deep pain and waiting for someone to help us." "I felt the pain but I was scared to tell anyone," said Naheed Sheikh, 30. Advertisement We can't even cook a meal for ourselves," Rasool said.

The death toll from the devastating floods in Pakistan neared 1100 Monday, as international aid began to trickle in following Prime Minister Shehbaz ...

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The World Food Programme (WFP) is supporting Pakistan as the country takes stock of floods which have reportedly killed more than 1000 people and displaced ...

The funding will provide critical food and cash assistance to nearly one million people in districts in Balochistan, Sindh, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. Harneis has warned that the humanitarian situation is expected to worsen, with diseases and malnutrition expected to rise along with the number of districts reporting that they have been affected. The aim is to reach nearly half a million people in the badly hit provinces of Balochistan, where the agency already supports nearly 42,000 people, and Sindh.

Bishop Samson Shukardin, OFM of Hyderabad, has called on political leaders, Church leaders, lay faithful and NGOs to help the many people affected by floods ...

The Education Department revealed that at least 17,566 schools have been damaged or destroyed due to the heavy rains and floods. The people are left homeless and hungry besides the families grieving for the loss of their loved ones. “Let us pray together for the people of Pakistan, hit by floods of disastrous proportions. The rain has primarily fallen on Sindh, Baluchistan and parts of Punjab. “I am receiving a lot of phone calls for help from my priests and people in various parishes of the diocese. Many churches, parish houses and schools have been damaged by the deluge,” said the prelate whose diocese is based in Sindh province.

A third of Pakistan is under water as a result of flooding caused by record monsoon rains, Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman said Monday, calling it a ...

"We are in touch with our big donors... "We need to also look for the spread of medical camps, because disease is always the next predator in such an environment." "To see the devastation on the ground is really mind-boggling," Rehman told AFP in an interview.

The provinces of Sindh and Balochistan in the south of the country have suffered the most destruction. Some families tell The Washington Post they haven't ...

He’s heard hundreds are seriously injured in his district and some have died, but with phone lines largely down and families scattered, it is impossible to know the true toll. Punjab province, in the north, experienced its second wettest month and received 116 percent more than normal. “The destruction and losses are so huge, it’s something we have never seen before.” “I have never in my life seen such rains and the floodwaters,” said Bashir Ahmed Mallah, a 62-year-old farmer in Sindh. Already battling a spiraling economic crisis and a power struggle with the country’s former leader, Imran Khan, the Pakistani government is appealing for outside help. Some families tell The Washington Post they haven’t received any government assistance, forcing thousands to flee on foot in search of food and dry land.

Heavy monsoon rains that triggered flash floods have affected 33 million Pakistanis, damaged nearly a million homes and killed at least 1061 people.

Last week, the United Nations said it has allocated 3 million US dollars (£2.6 million) for UN aid agencies and their partners in Pakistan to respond to the floods, and this money will be used for health, nutrition, food security, and water and sanitation services in flood-affected areas, focusing on the most vulnerable. Military chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Sunday that the country may take years to recover. They were among the nations that pledged to help Pakistan tackle the devastating floods after officials called for international help.

More than 1130 have died in devastating floods triggered by the heaviest monsoon rains in a decade.

Millions of houses have been destroyed," Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday after flying over the area in a helicopter. "Our crop spanned over 5,000 acres on which the best quality rice was sown and is eaten by you and us," 70-year-old Khalil Ahmed said. Thousands of people living in the mountainous area have been ordered to evacuate - but even with the help of helicopters, authorities are still struggling to reach those who are trapped. "We're still coming to grips with the extent of the damage," he added. Of those who are known to have died, 75 were in the past 24 hours alone, officials said on Monday, adding that the death toll is expected to rise. The summer rain is the heaviest recorded in a decade and is blamed by the government on climate change.

More than 1000 people have died from widespread flooding in Pakistan. Officials are blaming climate change for the country's heaviest rains since the early ...

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The climate crisis is the prime suspect, but the vulnerability of poor citizens and other factors are important too.

[ranked eighth most at risk in the world](https://www.germanwatch.org/en/19777) by the Global Climate Risk Index. The only silver lining in the current flooding situation is that it may not get even more catastrophic. “It’s a real planet SOS here,” [said Rehman](https://twitter.com/sherryrehman/status/1562886281197400066). The extreme heatwave suffered earlier in 2022 was made [30 times more likely by global heating](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/23/deadly-indian-heatwave-made-30-times-more-likely-by-climate-crisis) and another heatwave in [2015 was also exacerbated by global heating](http://www.ametsoc.net/eee/2015/16_india_pakistain.pdf). A natural climate cycle driven by temperature and wind variations in the Pacific may also have added to the Pakistan floods, said meteorologist Scott Duncan. Scientists are already trying to determine the extent to which global heating is to blame for the rainfall and floods. “We can see it is very extreme flooding and, in many places, it will be worse than 2010, when the floods killed 1,700 people.” “Flash flooding is very difficult to provide good warning for and to get people out of harm’s way quickly,” she said. The horrific scale of the floods are not in doubt. This is a deluge from all sides.” She said the “monster monsoon was wreaking non-stop havoc throughout the country”. Warmer oceans and heating in the Arctic were implicated in the 2010 superflood, one study found, as these factors affected the jet stream, a high-level wind that circles the planet. [Pakistan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/pakistan), which has killed more than 1,000 people and affected 30 million.

The deadly floods Pakistan is suffering raise a difficult question: Who should pay for the damage climate change is causing in the developing world?

It can feel overwhelming facing the impacts of climate change, but there are [ways to cope with climate anxiety](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/climate-change-anxiety-dread-cope/2021/07/14/471eb264-e4d4-11eb-b722-89ea0dde7771_story.html?itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_6). As temperatures rise, heat waves are more often sweeping the globe — and parts of the world are [becoming too hot to survive](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/climate-change-humidity/?itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_4&itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_3). As seas rise, others are exploring [how to harness marine energy](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2021/cop26-scotland-wave-energy-renewables/?itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_14&itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_8). [$100,000](https://www.usaid.gov/news-information/press-releases/aug-16-2022-united-states-providing-immediate-humanitarian-assistance-response-flooding-pakistan) in humanitarian relief in Pakistan. [Paris agreement](https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/english_paris_agreement.pdf) on climate change, countries agreed to recognize and “address” the loss and damage caused by those dangerous climate impacts. But as the damage mount some are already going to court, as citizens and politicians from vulnerable countries seek compensation for the loss of their livelihoods, homes or farms. [largest historical emitter](https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-which-countries-are-historically-responsible-for-climate-change/#:~:text=Historical%20responsibility%20for%20climate%20change,warming%20that%20has%20already%20occurred.) of carbon dioxide, has blocked such efforts at every turn. A [report](https://www.oxfam.org/en/research/footing-bill-fair-finance-loss-and-damage-era-escalating-climate-impacts) released by the humanitarian group Oxfam in June found that over the past five years appeals for relief from extreme weather were only 54 percent funded on average, leaving a shortfall of tens of billions of dollars. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, negotiators from developing countries hoped that negotiators would finally create a formal institution to funnel cash to the countries most affected by climate disasters. While the two issues may seem unconnected, for decades developing countries have asked richer ones to provide funding for the costs they face from heat waves, floods, droughts, sea-level rise and other climate-related disasters. “Now the most devastating monsoon rains in a decade are causing incessant destruction across the country.” Since mid-June, torrential rain has changed the landscape of Pakistan, submerging villages and fields, destroying homes and killing at least 1,000 people.

Pakistan's government warns that the country is on the "front line" of the world's climate crisis as a half a million flee their homes due to flooding.

"I am sitting with my family in a tent, and how can I go out to work? Another said soldiers evacuated her by boat. Pakistan and the IMF originally signed the bailout accord in 2019, but the release had been on hold since earlier this year, when the IMF expressed concern about Pakistan's compliance with the deal's terms under the government of former prime minister Imran Khan. "I saw floodwater everywhere, wherever I went in recent days and even today," Mr Sharif said in the town of Charsadda in the north-east of the country. International aid has started to flow into Pakistan, and the military is helping to distribute aid in remote areas and evacuate those left homeless. But Pakistanis in many parts of the country are still wading through waters that filled their homes and covered their streets.

Cataclysmic flooding in Pakistan, triggered by unprecedented monsoon rainfall and glacial melting, has killed over 1000 people and destroyed hundreds of ...

[Forty percent](https://blogs.worldbank.org/endpovertyinsouthasia/putting-pakistans-food-system-path-greater-sustainability-and-resilience) of its 230 million people faced food insecurity in 2020, yet only 8.9 million families received assistance to mitigate the impacts of rampant inflation. [deepening economic crisis](https://www.voanews.com/a/imf-to-meet-monday-to-decide-on-pakistan-bailout-/6718494.html). Pakistan’s government has a human rights obligation to prevent foreseeable harms from climate change and extreme weather events. Those countries most historically responsible for climate change, including top emitters in Europe and North America, should also support vulnerable countries’ adaptation efforts. These events are particularly threatening for marginalized and at-risk populations, including older people, people with disabilities, people in poverty, and rural populations. Pakistan’s minister for environment, Sherry Rehman, stated that relentless torrential rain has added to accelerated glacier melt in Pakistan’s mountains, causing a “

More than 1100 have died as record monsoon rains inundate the country, washing away bridges, roads and crop fields. Much of Pakistan is underwater.

A long-running debate over the obligations of rich, polluting nations to help poor, developing countries cope with climate change has become a sticking point in global climate negotiations. The reason for this apparent “paradox,” he said, is that the monsoon has become more erratic: Stronger downpours have been interspersed with longer dry spells. Ahsan Iqbal, the country’s planning minister, said he estimated damages to exceed $10 billion and that it will take the better part of a decade for the nation to rebuild. Only around $50 million is allocated to Pakistan’s climate change ministry in this year’s budget, reflecting a cut of almost one third as the government tries to curtail spending. The hotel’s parking lot and part of its main building were swept away over the weekend. “And we were actually the lucky ones.” “Everything has already become expensive because of rising petrol prices, and the recent floods will further worsen the situation,” he said. The former prime minister, Imran Khan, was forced out of office in April and this month was While scientists can’t yet say how much the current rainfall and flooding may have been worsened by climate change, researchers agree that in South Asia and elsewhere, global warming is increasing the likelihood of severe rain. “If that rainfall was distributed over the season, maybe it wouldn’t be that bad,” said Deepti Singh, a climate scientist at Washington State University Vancouver. Now much of the country is underwater. Stories like this are possible because of our deep commitment to original reporting, produced by a global staff of over 1,700 journalists who have all dedicated themselves to helping you understand the world.

Immediate humanitarian aid will be provided to Pakistan's government to help feed those disproportionately affected by the natural disaster.

More than 1,000 people have died. More than 33 million people have been impacted by the floods, which have submerged one-third of the country. The federal government has announced it will provide $2 million in humanitarian aid to help those affected by the floods that have devastated Pakistan.

News and Press Release in English on Pakistan about Health, Protection and Human Rights, Flash Flood and Flood; published on 30 Aug 2022 by UNFPA.

UNFPA is scaling up its emergency response to provide life-saving reproductive health services and commodities, including dignity kits, for women and girls. UNFPA is on the ground, working with partners, to ensure that pregnant women and new mothers continue receiving life-saving services even under the most challenging conditions,” says UNFPA Pakistan Representative ai Dr. The Government of Pakistan estimates that around 33 million people across the country are affected, including an estimated 8.2 million women of reproductive age.