Pakistan, Aug. 30, 2022. Sharif said the flood ravaging the country is "the worst in history", urging the international community to extend maximum support for the rehabilitation of the flood-stricken people. He said he was grateful to China and the international community for the helping...
“We are at the moment at the ground zero of the front line of extreme weather events, in an unrelenting cascade of heatwaves, forest fires, flash floods, multiple glacial lake outbursts, flood events and now the monster monsoon of the decade is wreaking non-stop havoc throughout the coun...
Pakistan is also facing economic catastrophe, with the floods causing damage the government has estimated at US$43 billion, almost a quarter of the south Asian nation's 2009 gross domestic product. The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan US$450 million in emergency flood aid and d...
Flood Toll Increases In India, Pakistan.The article reports on the rise of death tolls from the flash foods in Pakistan and India due to heavy rains in the last week of July 2010.Wall Street Journal - Eastern EditionHussainZahidPokharelKrishna...
Pakistan flood death toll exceeds 1,000 – officials According to the agency, more than 3000 roads were destroyed and 130 bridges damaged. In addition, 495,000 homes have been affected by flash flooding. Rehman said last week that around 33 million people had been affected by the tragedy. ...
The government and Pakistan's army have established camps for flood evacuees in both the north and south of the country. As the situation in the north improves some residents have been allowed to leave the camps and return to their devastated homes. But the damage to roads and bridges re...
Pakistan flood death toll passes 1,000: ‘Many districts are beginning to look like they’re part of the ocean’ BYArchana ChaudharyandBloomberg August 29, 2022 Environment Italian-Swiss border near one of the world’s largest ski resorts is shifting due to climate change — and a mountain ...
"We need tents. Just look around," said flood victim Faisal Islam, sitting on the only dry ground he could find in Nowshera district - a highway median - surrounded by hundreds of people in makeshift shelters constructed from dirty sheets and plastic tarps. ...
At least 1,061 people have been killed amid the deluges that began with the seasonal monsoon rains in mid-June, and that toll is set to rise further as many communities in the mountainous northern regions remain cut off by flood-swollen rivers that washed away roads and bridges. ...
ISLAMABAD, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of rain-related accidents rose to 18 as heavy downpour continued lashing cities in Pakistan's east Punjab province on Wednesday, local media and officials said. Provincial capital of Lahore was the worst hit by the current spell of monsoon rains ...