At least 903 people have died in Pakistan from severe rains and flooding this summer, Pakistan's Minister for Climate Change told CNN
Thousands have no shelter and food due to this"humanitarian disaster," Sherry Rehman said."As we speak, thousands are homeless without shelter, without food. And the communication lines have been cut off. It is a serious humanitarian disaster." She also tweeted that among the dead are 326 children. The government is utilizing all available resources to help the victims, she said.Heavy monsoon rains and floods have affected 2.
Rehman, who was speaking at an NDMA briefing on Wednesday, likened the situation to record flooding in 2010 but said much of Balochistan, south Punjab, and 30 districts of the Sindh region were facing an"unprecedented humanitarian disaster." "People are adrift, livestock and crops are damaged," Rehman said.
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