Pakistani officials said that 1/3 of the country was flooded, and I didn’t know where to drain water.

According to Agence France -Presse reports on the 29th, Sherry Rehman, Minister of Climate Change of Pakistan, said on Monday that the floods caused by the recorded monsoon of the record have caused the 1/3 area of ​​Pakistan to be submerged. A "crisis that is unimaginable".

Pakistan encounters flood map Source: Visual China

Pakistan officials said at least 33 million Pakistanians (that is, 1 of every 7 Pakistani people) were affected by floods. Since the monsoon period since June, the flood has killed 1136 people.

Nowadays, a large farmland in the southern and western provinces of the province of Xinde has been flooded and has become a country. In northern Pakistan, roads and bridges have been washed away by turbulent mountain floods.

Rahman said in an interview with Agence France -Presse: "It is incredible to see the damage suffered locally. When we pump the water pumping, they ask 'Where should we pump water? There is no land to discharge the stagnant water. "

Pakistan encounters flood map Source: Visual China

The minister said that the Pakistani land of 1/3 has been flooded. She is expected to rise in many places in the northern part of the country, and the number of deaths will rise, because there are dozens of rivers still flooding and traffic interruptions in some areas.

Rahman once again called on the international community to provide assistance, and also accused the role of major industrialized countries in global warming. Agence France -Presse pointed out that Pakistan's greenhouse gas emissions are less than 1%of the world, but it is identified by the German environment think tank "GermanWatch" in the country list of "the most vulnerable to the extreme weather caused by climate change". 8.

Pakistan encounters flood map Source: Visual China

Rahman said the Pakistani economy, which is already in crisis, will be worsened by the flood snow. She predicts: "The grain planted in the province of Xinde Province originally accounted for half of Pakistan's rations, and they could not plant anything next season. Not only will our exports be affected, but food security will be affected."

She said that it takes time to accurately evaluate the losses caused by floods. "We provide food and rescue for every rescuer. We are still seeking to expand the medical camp, because in such an environment, the disease is always the next killer."

(Edit: ZLQ)

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