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Pakistani hospital overwhelmed as water-borne illnesses spread

The emergency ward at the main government hospital in Sehwan, a small town in southern Pakistan, is overwhelmed.

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Pakistan has suffered one of its worst climate catastrophes – and charities are struggling to keep pace

People are in serious need of humanitarian aid after experiencing unprecedented levels of flooding – but relief is being hampered by infrastructure breakdown and a lack of resources, writes Alex Hickson

The Independent UK

Pakistan deploys more doctors to fight diseases after floods

Pakistan is deploying thousands of additional doctors and paramedics in the country’s worst flood-hit province to contain the spread of disease

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‘It is beyond bleak’: Pakistan floods affecting 16m children, says Unicef

Devastating conditions were triggered by heavy monsoon rains that have so far killed more than 1,500 people

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UNICEF renews Pakistan flood appeal as 10 more people die

Officials say the devastating floods in Pakistan’s worst-hit province have killed 10 more people in the past day, including four children

The Independent UK

People dying of water-borne diseases in flood-hit Pakistan

Nine die of gastroenteritis, diarrhoea and malaria in Sindh in the last 24 hours as the crisis overwhelms health system.

Al Jazeera

In hopeful sign, Pakistan says no new flood deaths in 3 days

Pakistani health officials say there have been no fatalities for the past three days from the deadly floods that engulfed the country since mid-June, a hopeful sign that the nation is turning a corner on the disaster that killed 1,545 people and affected 33 million

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How Pakistani entrepreneurs stepped in after flood disaster

Dozens of entrepreneurs and non-profits came forward to help as the country was overwhelmed by worst floods in decades.

Al Jazeera

WHO raises alarm on disease in flood-hit areas of Pakistan

The World Health Organization is raising the alarm about a “second disaster” in the wake of the deadly floods in Pakistan this summer, as doctors and medical workers on the ground race to battle outbreaks of waterborne and other diseases

The Independent UK

Pakistan reels from floods: ‘We thought we’d die of hunger. Now we fear death from water’

After record temperatures and drought, swaths of the country lie submerged, symptoms of a climate crisis its people play little part in

The Guardian - UK

Water Begins Receding in Pakistan’s Worst Flood-Hit South

Floodwaters are receding in Pakistan's worst-hit southern Sindh province, officials said Friday, a potentially bright sign in an ongoing crisis that has left hundreds of thousands of people homeless in the impoverished South Asian country. The Indus River, which had swelled until earlier this month, was now rushing at “normal”…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Water begins receding in Pakistan's worst flood-hit south

Officials say weeks of floodwaters are now receding in Pakistan’s worst-hit southern Sindh province after a deadly summer in which monsoons killed hundreds of thousands of people

The Independent UK

‘The hospital has nothing’: Pakistan’s floods put pregnant women in danger

A third of the country is under water and a UN fund says almost 650,000 women in affected areas need maternity services

The Guardian - UK

Fears of more flooding as Pakistan death toll crosses 1,400

Flood victims complain that they are without food and ration as authorities struggle to cope with the disaster.

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Aid for Flood Victims Arrives in Hard-Hit Pakistani Province

Two more US military planes loaded with tons of aid for Pakistanis affected by flooding from deadly monsoon rains landed Sunday in southern Sindh province, one of the worst-affected regions in the impoverished country. Saif Ullah, spokesman for the country's Civil Aviation Authority, said each plane was loaded with about…

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Aid for flood victims arrives in hard-hit Pakistani province

Two more U.S. military planes loaded with tons of aid for Pakistanis affected by flooding from deadly monsoon rains have landed in southern Sindh province

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UN chief Guterres visits flood-battered areas of Pakistan

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres toured Pakistan’s flood-ravaged Sindh and Baluchistan provinces a day after saying the world is obligated to provide “massive” amounts of relief to the impoverished country

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UN Chief Visits Areas of Pakistan Devastated by Floods

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday visited several areas of Pakistan ravaged by floods, as he rounded off a two-day trip aimed at raising awareness of the disaster. Record monsoon rains and glacier melt in northern mountains have triggered floods that have killed more than 1,391 people, sweeping away…

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'Global crisis, global response': U.N. chief urges support for flood-hit Pakistan

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday visited several areas of Pakistan ravaged by floods, calling for increased global financial support at the end of a two-day trip aimed at raising awareness of the disaster.

The Guardian - US

The west is ignoring Pakistan’s super-floods. Heed this warning: tomorrow it will be you

Those who don’t die from the floods risk death by starvation – yet you’ve probably heard little about the devastation

Al Jazeera

Record rains in Pakistan damage Mohenjo Daro archaeological site

At least 1,400mm of rain fell on the UNESCO World Heritage site in the second week of August.

The Independent UK

Pakistani volunteers search villages to rescue flood victims

Pakistani volunteers are spreading out in boats across the inundated Sindh province to try and rescue those stranded in submerged towns and villages as the country struggles with record-breaking floods

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pakistan Looks ‘Like a Sea’ after Floods, PM Says, as 18 More Die

Parts of Pakistan seemed "like a sea", Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday, after visiting some of the flood-hit areas that cover as much as a third of the South Asian nation, where 18 more deaths took the toll from days of rain to 1,343. As many as 33…

Al Jazeera

After record floods, now Pakistan has to worry about economy

The rain has destroyed vast hectares of crops, including cotton, a key source of employment and forex for the nation.

France 24

Pakistani authorities battle to stop biggest lake overflowing after floods

One third of Pakistan has been engulfed by flooding. Pakistani authorities are battling to stop their biggest lake from overflowing. FRANCE 24's Shazaib Wahlah and Sonia Ghezali report from Sindh province.

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