Millions displaced in severe Pakistan flooding as India impacted too

According to experts, global warming has increased the magnitude of the monsoon rains both countries are currently experiencing, and four million people have been affected by devastating floods in Pakistan.

Three rivers that pass through Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, were flooded by heavy rain over the past week, causing a lot of destruction in the agricultural heartland.

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According to Kamal Hyder of Al Jazeera’s report from Multan, Pakistan, on Sunday, entire towns have been submerged.

“The floods have inundated thousands of farms. He claimed that the government was attempting to help those who were impacted by the loss of valuable crops.

The flood-related damage was “unimaginable,” according to Mohammed Ajmal, a spokesperson for the Pakistan Markazi Muslim League.

“Our party is continuously assisting those who are affected throughout the nation.” The government cannot stop this disaster alone because it is so devastating, he claimed.

In the meantime, flood survivor Sobia Bibi described the destruction that the flooding has caused: “We lost everything: our homes, our crops, everything we worked for,” she said.

There are too many of us in need, and aid is limited. When it’s raining or the sun, our kids are seated under the stars. To keep them safe, we absolutely need tents.

A boat carrying people to safety in eastern Pakistan flipped on Saturday when it struck an underwater object, killing a 70-year-old woman and four children, according to authorities on Sunday.

Irfan Ali Kathia, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority’s director general, reported to local media that “ten other people were saved, but unfortunately, five people lost their lives in the incident.”

More than two million people have fled their homes as a result of the flooding of the Ravi, Sutlej, and Chenab rivers, according to Punjab Relief Commissioner Nabil Javed.

To assist both people and livestock, Pakistani authorities have established hundreds of relief camps, medical facilities, and veterinary posts.

The UN reported that since June, more than 900 people have died in Pakistan as a result of the monsoon floods.

Tens of thousands of people have recently been evacuated in the neighboring country of India as a result of the recent floods.

Authorities in India’s Punjab region reported that 1, 620 km (625 km) of farmland had been damaged, causing thousands of farmers to worry about the future.