Southern Pakistan braced for yet more flooding on Thursday as a surge of water flowed down the Indus river, threatening further devastation in a country already a third inundated, in a growing disaster blamed on climate change.
Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in northern mountains have triggered floods that have killed at least 1,208 people, including 416 children, according to the National Disaster Management Authority Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com"Overall, a tendency for normal to above normal precipitation is likely over the country during September," the office said in monthly outlook posted at its website on Thursday.
The United Nations has appealed for $160 million to help with what it has called an "unprecedented climate catastrophe". Britain on Thursday pledged $17 million in aid."We're on a high alert as water arriving downstream from northern flooding is expected to enter the province over the next few days," Sindh provincial government spokesman Murtaza Wahab told Reuters.
Sindh, with a population of 50 million, has been hardest hit, getting 466% more rain than the 30-year average. Many are headed for urban centres, like the port city of Karachi, which has for now escaped the flooding. " More than 3 million children are in need of humanitarian assistance and at increased risk of waterborne diseases, drowning and malnutrition due to the most severe flooding in Pakistan's recent history," the U.N. children's agency warned.
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