Dubai: Floods and landslides across Asia and central Europe plunged millions into misery on Sunday as rubble-strewn waters killed at least 127 in northwestern China and 4 million Pakistanis faced food shortages amid their country's worst-ever flooding.
In Pakistan, 1,500 people have been killed and millions more left begging for help following widespread devastation.
Crops destroyed
Prices of fruit and vegetable in the country skyrocketed on Sunday, with more than 1 million acres (405,000 hectares) of crops destroyed and at least 4 million people in need of food assistance in the coming months.
In Indian-administered Kashmir, rescuers raced to find 500 people still missing in flash floods that have already killed 132, while North Korea's state media said high waters had destroyed thousands of homes and damaged crops.
Terrified residents fled to high ground or upper stories of apartment buildings in China's Gansu province after a debris-blocked river overflowed during the night, smashing buildings and overturning cars.
2,000 missing
An estimated 2,000 more people were missing in the latest deluge in a summer that has seen China's worst seasonal flooding in a decade.
Floods caused by torrential rain in central Europe left ten people dead and several others missing, with thousands of residents forced to flee their homes, officials said yesterday.
Rivers burst their banks and dykes were breached in Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic, while authorities had to evacuate some people by helicopter from the rising waters.
