On Thursday, it was reported that around 1,500 people had died because of the huge floods that have devastated large parts of Pakistan and affected millions of people.
Floods caused by record monsoon rains and glacier melt in the northern mountains have affected 33 million people out of a total population of 220 million. These floods have destroyed homes, cars, crops, and cattle and cost $30 billion in damage.
Since September 9, when the National Disaster Management Authority gave its last national total, 90 more people have died, bringing the total number of deaths to 1,486, including 530 children.
In the past few weeks, the government has built barriers to keep floodwaters away from important buildings like power plants and homes. However, farmers who stayed to try to save their animals faced a new danger when they ran out of food.
After a summer with record-high temperatures, rising seas have forced thousands of people to leave their homes and live in tents or in the open along highways. Climate change is what the government and the UN say is to blame.
Pakistan got 391 mm (15.4 inches) of rain in July and August, which is about 190% more than the 30-year average. In the southern province of Sindh, which was one of the places hit the hardest, that number went up to 466%.
The foreign ministry says that relief flights from the U.S. and the U.A.E. arrived in the country on Thursday. The UN is figuring out what needs to be done to rebuild.
