Pakistan's 'monsoon on steroids' fuels misery

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 01, 2022 12:15 am

MINGORA, Pakistan: Army helicopters flew sorties over cut-off areas in Pakistan's mountainous north on Wednesday and rescue parties fanned out across waterlogged plains in the south as misery mounted for millions trapped by the worst floods in the South Asian country's history.

Monsoon rains have submerged a third of Pakistan, claiming at least 1,160 lives since June and unleashing powerful floods that have washed away swathes of vital crops and damaged or destroyed more than a million homes.

THROUGH THE RAIN A woman carrying a child walks along a street during heavy rainfall in flood-hit Dera Allah Yar town in Jaffarabad district, in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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