Worst Flooding in Decades Leaves Millions Homeless in Pakistan!

Written by Team Morecast

 

A historically wet monsoon season has resulted in catastrophic flooding across much of Pakistan. The provinces of Balochistan and Sindh in the south and west of the country have been particularly hard hit. Five times the normal monsoonal rainfall has fallen there, the most in six decades. More than one thousand people have perished with millions more displaced or homeless.

 

 

 

As recently as June, Pakistan was baking in record-breaking heat and drought. Highs soared to 124 deg F (51 deg C) in the Sindh city of Jacobabad. Then the heavy rains began falling. Typically the monsoon effect peaks in July and begins to diminish in August. However, an unusual surge of tropical moisture has prolonged and enhanced the seasonal flooding. Officials report that more than 400,000 homes and two million acres of crops have been washed away. Terrifying footage of large industrial buildings and hotels collapsing into roaring rivers has been uploaded to social media (see below). Highways and bridges are also destroyed, severely restricting the flow of evacuees and supplies. Most of the telecommunications networks in the worst-hit provinces were down as of Friday evening, an unprecedented break. With the Pakistani economy still reeling from the pandemic and international market turmoil, these additional strains could lead to a food crisis in the coming weeks and months. Lead photo courtesy International Rescue Committee.

 

 

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