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Since mid-June 2022, Pakistan has been drenched by extreme monsoon rains that have led to the country’s worst flooding in a decade. According to Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority, the floods have affected more than 33 million people and destroyed or damaged more than 1 million houses. At least 1,100 people were killed by floodwaters that inundated tens of thousands of square kilometres of the country.
Across the country, about 150 bridges and 3,500 kilometres (2,200 miles) of roads have been destroyed, More than 700,000 livestock and 2 million acres of crops and orchards have also been lost.
On August 30, the Pakistani government declared a national emergency and, with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, called for International aid for humanitarian relief efforts.
In these difficult circumstances, help of every penny would be worthful.
On August 30, the Pakistani government declared a national emergency and, with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, called for International aid for humanitarian relief efforts.
In these difficult circumstances, help of every penny would be worthful.