Hundreds of children among 1,000 people killed by Pakistan monsoon rains and floods

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By Michelle Velez and Teele Rebane, CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/28/asia/pakistan-flooding-intl/index.html

Published 5:02 AM EDT, Sun August 28, 2022

03:03- Source:CNN

‘We are all homeless and have nothing’: Extreme weather affecting thousands in Pakistan and AfghanistanCNN—

Severe rains and flooding have killed at least 1,033 people, including 348 children, and left 1,527 more injured inPakistansince mid-June, officials said on Sunday.

The country’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) added that 119 people had died and 71 injured in the last 24 hours alone.

At least 33 million people have been affected by the disaster, Pakistan’s Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman said on Thursday. She called the floods “unprecedented” and “the worst humanitarian disaster of this decade.”

“Pakistan is going through its eighth cycle of monsoon while normally the country has only three to four cycles of rain,” Rehman said. “The percentages of super flood torrents are shocking.”

She highlighted in particular the impact…

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