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Pictures: Millions affected by historic floods in Pakistan

The death toll from the flooding in monsoon drenched country nears 1,000

Published: August 27, 2022 15:12 Compiled by Balarm Menon, Senior Web Editor with inputs from agencies

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Copy of 914612-01-02-1661596526352 — A man (left) along with a youth use a satellite dish to move children across a flooded area in Jaffarabad district, Balochistan province. The crisis has forced the government to declare a state of emergency. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2022-08-24T121226Z_1212969424_RC2S2W9EB07F_RTRMADP_3_PAKISTAN-WEATHER-1661596517252 — Men paddle on makeshift rafts as they cross a flooded street in Hyderabad. Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across much of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,000 people and injured and displaced thousands more since mid-June. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2022-08-26T111701Z_618544334_RC254W9QCVGU_RTRMADP_3_PAKISTAN-WEATHER-1661596546814 — A family with their belongings wade through rain waters in Jamshoro. The monsoon season, which began in June, has lashed Pakistan with particularly heavy rains this year and rescuers have struggled to evacuate thousands of marooned people from flood-hit areas. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2022-08-25T154033Z_1243502949_RC2Q3W9RX7FP_RTRMADP_3_PAKISTAN-WEATHER-1661596497367 — A woman and children sit on rope beds amidst rain waters besides their damaged house in Dera Allah Yar, Jafferabad, Balochistan. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2022-08-25T160311Z_99629331_RC2Q3W98PSFN_RTRMADP_3_PAKISTAN-WEATHER-1661596567334 — People retrieve bamboos from a damaged house in Dera Allah Yar, Jafferabad. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Maryam Aurangzeb said on Saturday that Pakistan had never faced such highest level of flash floods and intensity of rains in its history. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of Pakistan_Floods_07664.jpg-0b7b8-1661596530630 — Talking to the media, the minister said that Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif was departing from Lahore to Sajawal district of Sindh to visit the flood-hit areas. She added that the country witnessed 190 per cent more heavy rains, while Balochistan and Sindh provinces received 400 and 480 per cent more torrential rains, respectively. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 918292-01-02-1661596523613 — People with their belongings and livestock arrive at a safer spot after being evacuated from their respective homes in flood affected areas in Sukkur, Sindh province. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 914545-01-02-1661596533399 — Commuters make their way through a flooded street after heavy monsoon rains in Jacobabad, Sindh province. The flash floods and torrential rains inflicted huge human losses and infrastructural damages. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2022-08-24T121902Z_1496202173_RC2T2W9JBOGT_RTRMADP_3_PAKISTAN-WEATHER-1661596507153 — A man sits with his pet monkey, as they seek charity from passersby, along a road amidst rainfall in Hyderabad. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2022-08-24T120503Z_1854965837_RC2T2W9LASQY_RTRMADP_3_PAKISTAN-WEATHER-1661596483605 — A woman covers her baby as she walks along a street, amidst rainfall in Hyderabad. The National Disaster Management Authority in its latest overnight report said 45 people were killed in flood-related incidents from Friday to Saturday. That brought the death toll since mid-June to 982 with 1,456 injured. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2022-08-24T143703Z_1685466172_RC2X2W94BMMC_RTRMADP_3_PAKISTAN-WEATHER-1661596512527 — People ride on a donkey cart along a flooded road, following rains in Hyderabad. Monsoon rains were expected to continue this week, mainly in the south and southwest. The season usually runs from July to mid September in Pakistan. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2022-08-24T121653Z_1905418268_RC2T2W9AO7IV_RTRMADP_3_PAKISTAN-WEATHER-1661596493756 — Monsoon rains were expected to continue this week, mainly in the south and southwest. The season usually runs from July to mid September in Pakistan. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of Pictures_of_the_Week-Global-Photo_Gallery_91236.jpg-7acd3-1661596562059 — Heavy rains and subsequent flash floods have damaged bridges, roads network across Pakistan, disrupting the supply of fruit and vegetables to markets and causing a hike in prices. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 917968-01-02-1661596520422 — Stranded people are evacuated from flood affected areas after heavy monsoon rains in Charsadda district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 2022-08-26T112126Z_1455239885_RC244W9XX94N_RTRMADP_3_PAKISTAN-WEATHER-1661596478664 — A family with their belongings travels on a vehicle to a higher ground following rains and floods in Jamshoro. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2022-08-24T143703Z_1724068063_RC2X2W9XP2ZY_RTRMADP_3_PAKISTAN-WEATHER-1661596502905 — People ride a rickshaw (tuk tuk) on a flooded road, in Hyderabad. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 2022-08-24T121054Z_1972795174_RC2T2W9I2P11_RTRMADP_3_PAKISTAN-WEATHER-1661596489670 — A man walks amid floodwaters with the submerged tents in the background, following rains in Hyderabad. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of Pictures_of_the_Week-Global-Photo_Gallery_58084.jpg-dc5d6-1661596558269 — A displaced family looks out from under a plastic sheet while taking refuge on a roadside after fleeing their flood-hit home, in Jafferabad, southwestern Baluchistan province. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of 2022-08-24T200021Z_375140453_RC2S2W9ZCF7G_RTRMADP_3_PAKISTAN-WEATHER-1661596572376 — A man and a girl use a makeshift raft as they cross a flooded street, following rains in Hyderabad. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Copy of 913846-01-02-1661596549495 — Boys carry animal feed as they wede through a flood affected area after heavy monsoon rainfalls in Jafferabad district, Balochistan province. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 912897-01-02-1661596553937 — People displaced by floods following heavy monsoon rainfall, take refuge inside temporary tents in Sukkur of Sindh province, southern Pakistan. Image Credit: AFP

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