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2022-08-30 India-Pakistan
'A catastrophe on a scale I have never seen': A THIRD of Pakistan could be underwater before floods that have killed 1,061 people begin to recede, country's experts warn
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Lots of photos and video of the desperate situation at both this link and the one below.
  • More than 1,000 dead by drowning and building collapses amid 'unprecedented' two-month monsoon season

  • Foreign minister Zardari described 'floods from the sky' and 'water, water and more water' in his hometown

  • He added: 'It is a catastrophe on a scale that I have never seen before', imploring other nations for urgent help
    "send money! and towels!"
  • Politicians blame 'horrors of climate change' - but residents cite lax construction laws and state corruption

  • Dramatic footage shows navy helicopter rescuing stranded boy and family transported over tiny bed frame

  • Entire villages have been washed away as 33 million Pakistanis displaced or affected, foreign minister said

  • Queen writes to Pakistani PM: 'UK stands in solidarity with Pakistan as you recover from these terrible events'


More than 1,000 dead and 33MILLION people displaced due to Pakistan flash floods: Terrifying torrents of water are filmed wiping village away after monsoon

  • More than 1,000 deaths from widespread flooding in Pakistan amid 'climate catastrophe' monsoon season

  • Flash flooding washed away entire villages as 33 million Pakistanis were displaced and army called to rescue

  • Monsoon rains typically begin in Pakistan in July but this year they began in June

  • Pakistani military chiefs released a video Sunday pleading with countries to offer their financial support

  • PM Shahbaz Sharif blamed 'the horrors of climate change' for dramatic scenes which saw hotel washed away
Posted by Skidmark 2022-08-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Pakistan 

#1 A little rain doesn’t hurt.

But a lot a kill you.
Posted by Croque Fliting8030 2022-08-30 07:10||   2022-08-30 07:10|| Front Page Top

#2 

Offering prays for the victims whether they are of my faith or not.

So will IRAN send aid and assistance or Biden?
Posted by NN2N1 2022-08-30 07:50||   2022-08-30 07:50|| Front Page Top

#3 A third of Pakistan could be underwater..

It's a start.
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-08-30 08:29||   2022-08-30 08:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Make it rain for 40 days and wait for the sewers to backup.

Right!
Posted by AlanC 2022-08-30 09:08||   2022-08-30 09:08|| Front Page Top

#5 wait for the sewers to backup

They are at street level and on every story of every building there.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-08-30 09:28||   2022-08-30 09:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Lots of Pakistani loyalists in Britain ready to be sent there to help with reconstruction!
Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-08-30 10:32||   2022-08-30 10:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Not much chance of gov't-supported reconstruction, either. Probably, NGO's and China "loans".
Posted by Mercutio 2022-08-30 10:42||   2022-08-30 10:42|| Front Page Top

#8 Also keep in mind that weather recorded history is essentially 200 years or less on a planet 4.3 billion years old.
Posted by Silentbrick 2022-08-30 11:02||   2022-08-30 11:02|| Front Page Top

#9 In August and September it rains/floods a lot in Pak. Check out wiki for history of floods.
Posted by Vespasian Ebboting9735 2022-08-30 11:16||   2022-08-30 11:16|| Front Page Top

#10 Great. All that trash and shit will be washed into the oceans.
Posted by DarthVader 2022-08-30 12:09||   2022-08-30 12:09|| Front Page Top

#11 Going to bet the ocean along the Pak shore is not particularly excellent anyway.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-08-30 12:11||   2022-08-30 12:11|| Front Page Top

#12 Zionist Weather Controllers strike again
Posted by Frank G 2022-08-30 12:34||   2022-08-30 12:34|| Front Page Top

#13 I would think a lot of the water would flow into India and we'd be getting reports of massive flooding there as well.
Posted by ruprecht 2022-08-30 14:09||   2022-08-30 14:09|| Front Page Top

#14 Should attack uphill AFG for not containing the water in their leaky dams.
Posted by Skidmark 2022-08-30 14:32||   2022-08-30 14:32|| Front Page Top

#15 Devastating floods are a regular event in Pakistan, because the money set aside for repairs and improvements after each flood is siphoned into numerous private accounts again and again. And so they pre-murder and pre-destroy their neighbours repeatedly, followed by loud cries of despair.

And so Pakistan loses again.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-08-30 23:26||   2022-08-30 23:26|| Front Page Top

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