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In the Ghadpur district, south of the capital, Islamabad, a company . published "Maxar Technologies" Satellite photos of areas before and after flood Destroyed, where the land features seem almost completely hidden.
Unusually heavy seasonal rains and melting glaciers caused floods that covered a third of the area. PakistanIt killed nearly 1,200 people, including 380 children.
The United Nations has appealed for $160 million to help, in what it described as… "An unprecedented climate catastrophe".
Hundreds of thousands of displaced people are in dire need of shelter, food and clean water, amid fears of new floods.
The National Disaster Management Authority said more than 480,000 displaced people had been transferred to refugee camps.
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that international aid had begun to reach the country, with the extent of the damage caused by the floods revealed.
But doctors in Pakistan have expressed concern about the spread of water-borne diseases among flood victims.
Some doctors initially said they mostly saw patients traumatized by the floods, but are now treating people suffering diarrhea skin infections and other water-borne diseases in flood-affected areas of the country.
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In the Ghadpur area, south of the capital, Islamabad, the company “Maxar Technologies” published satellite images of areas before and after flood Destroyed, where the land features seem almost completely hidden.
Unusually heavy seasonal rains and melting glaciers caused floods that covered a third of the area. PakistanIt killed nearly 1,200 people, including 380 children.
The United Nations has appealed for $160 million in aid, describing it as an “unprecedented climate catastrophe”.
Hundreds of thousands of displaced people are in dire need of shelter, food and clean water, amid fears of new floods.
The National Disaster Management Authority said more than 480,000 displaced people had been transferred to refugee camps.
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that international aid had begun to reach the country, with the extent of the damage caused by the floods revealed.
But doctors in Pakistan have expressed concern about the spread of water-borne diseases among flood victims.
Some doctors initially said they mostly saw patients traumatized by the floods, but are now treating people suffering diarrhea skin infections and other water-borne diseases in flood-affected areas of the country.