Eighteen more people have died in Pakistan, authorities said on Wednesday, taking to 1,343 the toll in unprecedented floods that have inundated more than a third of the South Asian nation, making hundreds of thousands homeless.
A man rows his boat as he passes through flooded market, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Bajara village, at the banks of Manchar lake, in Sehwan, Pakistan September 6, 2022.
"You wouldn't believe the scale of destruction there," Sharif told media after a visit to the southern province of Sindh. "It is water everywhere as far as you could see. It is just like a sea."The government, which has boosted cash handouts for flood victims to 70 billion Pakistani rupees , will buy 200,000 tents to house displaced families, he added."We will need trillions of rupees to cope with this calamity.
With more rain expected in the coming month, the situation could worsen further, a top official of the United Nations' refugee agency has warned.
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