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Pakistan is seeing the worst rainfall since records began 89 years ago. Your browser does not support the
element. As the Indus River swelled from the steady precipitation and glaciers melted, low-lying areas were devastated. Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers. That is good. And as conditions worsens, anger has risen across Pakistan over the governments response. His house had begun to collapse. Karachis main streets, which house financial institutions and bank headquarters including Pakistan's central bank, were flooded and rescue services were using boats to reach stranded people. It is an alarming prospect in a country that depends on its wheat production to feed itself at a time when global wheat supplies are precarious. This has resulted in most of the nullahs and their tributaries becoming clogged from the accumulated sludge. Pakistan declares national emergency as flood toll nears 1,000 At least 937 people are dead and 30 million are badly affected as Pakistan struggles to cope with devastating floods. Security personnel load relief food bags into a government helicopter for people affected by floods in Saidu Sharif, in the Swat Valley, on Aug. 30. Published All rights reserved. The destruction has left parts of the country unable to function. 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Bank Alfalah is leading from the front by collaborating with esteemed charities such as the KRT to rebuild the lives of flood-impacted communities for a successful way forward. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. Climate change is a threat. An army doctor checks a woman at a makeshift hospital in the flood-affected Rajanpur district in southern Punjab province, on Aug. 2. Credit: Sabir Mazhar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images. Projections for South Asia made by the uns Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change suggest that the frequency and intensity of precipitation will increase across the region as temperatures rise. Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images Security personnel load relief food bags into a government helicopter for people affected by floods in Saidu Sharif, in the Swat Valley, on Aug. 30. Everything was under water. REUTERS/Yasir Rajput. Extreme weather events in South Asia are becoming increasingly frequent due to climate change, with temperatures in parts of India and Pakistan reaching record levels during a heat wave in April and May. Theres no buffer stocks of wheat, theres no seeds because farmers have lost them.. hide caption. Just $5 a month. This shows negative growth of 9.52 percent as compared to the US $282.101 million worth same services provided during the corresponding period of the last fiscal year 2021-22, the Tue 30 Aug 2022 03.43 EDT Last modified on Mon 26 Sep 2022 12.56 EDT Vehicles move along a flooded road after rains in Mehar, Sindh province Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters Mr Khan will also no doubt pile in. Copyright The Economist Newspaper Limited 2023. But inflation can also rise and fall based on developments that have little to do with economic conditions, such as limited oil productionand supply chain problems. People gather next to a section of a road damaged by flood waters in the Madyan area of Pakistan's northern Swat Valley, on Aug. 27. Inflation, which reached 25% in July, will rise further as food crops are wiped out. This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline "Under water", Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents, Corrupt politics has become a bigger threat to the country than poverty, But a summit this week will expose bitter global divisions, The new shogun reflects on family history and Japans looming social change, Published since September 1843 to take part in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress.. International donors have sprung into action. Can inflation affect the stock market? Shahid Saeed Mirza/AFP via Getty Images Officials have warned that the damage and economic losses will be felt throughout the country for months and years to come. Then the flooding in August destroyed his home yet again. Victims of heavy flooding from monsoon rains gather to receive relief aid from the Pakistani Army in the Qambar Shahdadkot district of Sindh Province. hide caption. I have lost everything now. Video, 00:00:42, Dog found alive after 23 days under rubble, Watch Kate beat William in spin class endurance race. Most underpasses were flooded and there was nowhere to pump the flood waters out to, the chief minister for Sindh province, Murad Ali Shah told reporters. Video, 00:01:00At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Dog found alive after 23 days under rubble. Not only have our houses been demolished but due to the negligence of the government and the slow pace of the project, we live in constant fear that our already broken houses would flood or fall if it rains for long and thenullahoverflows, said Roshan, 50. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro. Power, Crossroads Karachis infrastructure is highly vulnerable to climate-related disasters, according to the World Bank. According to the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board, the city has 64 bignullahs,which carry the water of their catchment areas. Pakistani women wash clothes on the grounds of a government college building after fleeing their flood-hit homes, in Karachi, Aug. 29. International aid was reaching Pakistan on Monday, as the military and volunteers desperately tried to evacuate many thousands stranded by widespread flooding. Nigeria's president-elect Bola Tinubu has promised to tackle a litany of problems, including escalating violence, double-digit inflation and industrial-scale oil theft. Residents demand that the project be completed on due time and for them to be compensated. Southeast Jalalani emerged from his home to the sound of cries for help, he recalled. But in recent years, life in the district has become almost impossible to survive. The seeds will be sown over approximately 30 percent of the total rice cropping area of the target districts. But who will tell it to the lender who will now ask me to pay back his money? he said. A man rides on his donkey cart during heavy rainfall in the flood-hit town of Dera Allah Yar in Jaffarabad district, Balochistan province, on Aug. 30. hide caption. The country has endured double-digit inflation for months, driven by soaring food and fuel prices. It can be the result of rising consumer demand. Temporary housing under construction for flood victims in Larkana District in Sindh, Pakistan. Jemima Goldsmith's fundraiser brings in over 150,000 for Pakistan flood relief . Ihsanullah Tipu Mehsud contributed reporting from Islamabad. Nearly half the cotton crop has been lost in southern Sindh province. The flooding has crippled Pakistans agricultural sector, battering the country as it reels from an economic crisis and double-digit inflation that has sent the price of basics soaring. Tent city in Malir, Karachi for flood affected Since the monsoon season began last month, more than 300 people have been killed by heavy rains across Pakistan, according to its National Disaster Management Authority. Very Dire: Devastated by Floods, Pakistan Faces Looming Food Crisis, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/11/world/asia/pakistan-floods-food-crisis.html. Ruby Mellen, Kasha Patel and Laris Karklis reported from Washington. Gen. Li Shangfu, with deep ties to Chinas military space enterprises, is widely expected to become Chinas next minister of defense. What do we know about him? The hit to rural wealth and incomes will probably spread to the industrial sector. Residents move their belongings from their submerged houses after heavy monsoon rainfall in the Rajanpur district of Pakistan's Punjab province on Aug. 24. For more coverage of climate change, register for The Climate Issue, our fortnightly newsletter, or visit our climate-change hub. He knew one man who drowned. A flooded area after heavy monsoon rains in Charsadda district in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Aug. 27. An eye-witness report by two investigative journalists on the ground in Prato, Italy. Build the strongest argument relying on authoritative content, attorney-editor expertise, and industry defining technology. Bank Alfalah collaboration has been part of the two-pronged approach, which includes 1) Rescue and Relief and 2) Rebuilding and Rehabilitation. Monsoon rains have wreaked havoc across Pakistan. An army doctor checks a woman at a makeshift hospital in the flood-affected Rajanpur district in southern Punjab province, on Aug. 2. Laborers carry produce as they wade through a flooded road after heavy rainfall, in Lahore, Pakistan, Thursday, July 21, 2022. Japans prisons are adapting to cope with ageing inmates, Media freedom in India is under threat, again, California: Do Not Sell My Personal Information, Bangladeshs economic miracle is in jeopardy, Indias G20 presidency will be a win for Narendra Modi. These drains do not have a disposal and end where the road ends, causing rainwater to pile up. Renowned architect and urban planner Arif Hasan seconds this. On Sunday, Pakistans climate change minister, Sherry Rehman, issued flash flood warnings for residents in more than 14 cities and townships. The value of its rupee has plunged as foreign reserves have dwindled. Christina Goldbaum reported from Dubai and Islamabad, Pakistan, and Zia ur-Rehman from Karachi. Pakistan's Federal Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman has called the flooding a "crisis of unimaginable proportions." Video, 00:00:59, Up Next. 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