Pakistan 33 million people are affected. historic rain-flooding
Aug 26 Archyde.com Pakistan’s climate minister Cherni Rehman reports on the country’s historic rainfall and flooding caused by monsoon storms since June. and breaking weather records that More than 33 million people suffered and more than 900 died.
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Rehman said Governments are fighting climate-caused humanitarian disasters of epic proportions. Pakistan is now entering its eighth monsoon storm. Although the country normally receives only three to four cycles of rain, “the percentage of very heavy rainfall is shocking,” Rehman said, adding: Local officials have asked for 1 million tents to shelter the displaced.
Since Pakistan has entered the summer The monsoon swept through several cycles, causing massive flooding that destroyed more than 400,000 homes across the country. And southern Pakistan has been hit hardest by rain. Especially in the province of Indus which received average rainfall in August. Nearly eight times as cash shortage Pakistan demands more international aid
AFP
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in progress on Thursday that at least 184,000 people have been displaced and forced to flee to camps at this time. But only 3 million people were affected by natural disasters.
However, Mr Ahsan Iqbal, Minister of Town Planning and Development of Pakistan It said earlier that regarding 30 million people, or regarding 15 percent of the country’s population. affected
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