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Monsoons devastate Pakistan, over a thousand dead
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(ANSA) - ROME, AUGUST 30 - Almost a thousand dead, 33 million evacuated, a million homes destroyed and the risk of a cholera epidemic.
This is the tragic toll of the floods due to the monsoon rains that have been ravaging Pakistan for three months.
Since last June, the country has been facing what the authorities have called "the worst humanitarian disaster of this decade" due to "climate change".
The National Disaster Management Authority, in its latest report, said 45 people died in flood-related accidents Friday through Saturday.
The budget since mid-June has therefore risen to 982 dead and 1,456 injured.
Many areas of Pakistan have become inaccessible and rescuers are struggling to evacuate thousands of people from the most affected areas:
the southern provinces of Balochistan and Hindh.
The new death toll comes the day after the prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, asked for international help to deal with the damage.
Currently, 33 million are displaced, about 15% of the population of the South Asian country.
Many rivers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - a picturesque province of mountains and valleys - have broken through the children, demolishing dozens of buildings, including a 150-room hotel that literally crumbled.
In addition, floods destroyed more than two million acres of crops and 3,100 kilometers of roads, while 149 bridges were swept away.
According to experts, this year's floods are comparable to those of 2010 - the worst recorded - when more than 2 died.
000 people and almost one fifth of the country was submerged in water.
Authorities blame the devastation to man-made climate change, saying Pakistan is unfairly bearing the consequences of irresponsible environmental practices in other parts of the world.
The country ranks eighth in the global climate risk index, a list compiled by the environmental NGO Germanwatch of countries deemed most vulnerable to extreme weather conditions caused by climate change.
However, local authorities also bear part of the responsibility.
Corruption, poor planning and violation of local regulations have meant that thousands of buildings have been built in areas prone to seasonal flooding, although not as severe as this year.
Authorities blame the devastation to man-made climate change, saying Pakistan is unfairly bearing the consequences of irresponsible environmental practices in other parts of the world.
The country ranks eighth in the global climate risk index, a list compiled by the environmental NGO Germanwatch of countries deemed most vulnerable to extreme weather conditions caused by climate change.
However, local authorities also bear part of the responsibility.
Corruption, poor planning and violation of local regulations have meant that thousands of buildings have been built in areas prone to seasonal flooding, although not as severe as this year.
Authorities blame the devastation to man-made climate change, saying Pakistan is unfairly bearing the consequences of irresponsible environmental practices in other parts of the world.
The country ranks eighth in the global climate risk index, a list compiled by the environmental NGO Germanwatch of countries deemed most vulnerable to extreme weather conditions caused by climate change.
However, local authorities also bear part of the responsibility.
Corruption, poor planning and violation of local regulations have meant that thousands of buildings have been built in areas prone to seasonal flooding, although not as severe as this year.
claiming that Pakistan is unfairly bearing the consequences of irresponsible environmental practices in other parts of the world.
The country ranks eighth in the global climate risk index, a list compiled by the environmental NGO Germanwatch of countries deemed most vulnerable to extreme weather conditions caused by climate change.
However, local authorities also bear part of the responsibility.
Corruption, poor planning and violation of local regulations have meant that thousands of buildings have been built in areas prone to seasonal flooding, although not as severe as this year.
claiming that Pakistan is unfairly bearing the consequences of irresponsible environmental practices in other parts of the world.
The country ranks eighth in the global climate risk index, a list compiled by the environmental NGO Germanwatch of countries deemed most vulnerable to extreme weather conditions caused by climate change.
However, local authorities also bear part of the responsibility.
Corruption, poor planning and violation of local regulations have meant that thousands of buildings have been built in areas prone to seasonal flooding, although not as severe as this year.
Germanwatch environmental NGO from countries deemed most vulnerable to extreme weather conditions caused by climate change.
However, local authorities also bear part of the responsibility.
Corruption, poor planning and violation of local regulations have meant that thousands of buildings have been built in areas prone to seasonal flooding, although not as severe as this year.
Germanwatch environmental NGO from countries deemed most vulnerable to extreme weather conditions caused by climate change.
However, local authorities also bear part of the responsibility.
Corruption, poor planning and violation of local regulations have meant that thousands of buildings have been built in areas prone to seasonal flooding, although not as severe as this year.
The government has declared an emergency and mobilized the army, but the situation is becoming more and more complicated.
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