Officials say planes carrying fresh aid from the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan have landed at an airport near Pakistan’s capital. Officials say the flights are part of the humanitarian air bridge established last month after floods left 1,208 dead.
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday that the planes brought food items, medicine and tents. Sharif had planned to travel to UAE on Saturday, but he postponed the trip to visit flood-hit areas at home.
Since 1959, Pakistan has emitted about 0.4% of heat-trapping carbon dioxide, compared to 21.5% by the United States and 16.4% by China, according to scientists and experts. Pakistani officials and experts say there’s been a 400% increase in average rainfall in Pakistan’s areas like Baluchistan and Sindh, which led to the extreme flooding.Earlier this week, the United Nations and Pakistan jointly issued an appeal for $160 million in emergency funding to help the 3.
In May, some parts of Sindh were the hottest place in Pakistan. Now people are facing floods there that have caused an outbreak of waterborne diseases. Although flood waters continued to recede in most of the country, many districts in Sindh remained underwater.
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