Damaged bridge after heavy monsoon rains in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, taken Tuesday (July 26, 2022) (Str/Xinhua) ISLAMABAD - At least 357 people were killed and over 400 were injured as heavy monsoon rains continued to batter Pakistan for more than five weeks now, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said Thursday. Infrastructure, road networks and houses have also been damaged due to the heavy monsoon rains and flash flooding across Pakistan since June 14, official sources from the NDMA told Xinhua. A total of 23,792 homes have been fully or partially damaged, displacing thousands of people, according to the NDMA statistics, adding that the heavy downpours have also damaged dozens of bridges and shops. Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif tweeted Thursday that Pakistan is facing the challenges of climate change and stressed the need to address the problem of current flash flooding. "Climate change is an undeniable reality of our times and has serious cons