hello and welcome to bbc news. thousands of people in areas at risk of flooding in pakistan have been told to evacuate their homes. aid agencies say floods could develop into one of the country s worst disasters as the heaviest monsoon rains in decades continue. nearly a thousand people have died sincejune, while thousands more have been displaced. southern pakistan has been hardest hit by the rains, particularly sindh province. it has received nearly eight times its average rainfall for august. rivers have also burst their banks in the north west khyber pakhtunkthwa province. our correspondent pumza fihlani reports from sindh. swathes of land across southern pakistan have been turned into islands. the rains have been unforgiving, and the water is still trapped between people s homes. homes, roads and infrastructure have been destroyed, and some villages completely isolated. this week, authorities issued fresh warnings for people to get to higher ground. for some, that meant
and restoration of gloucester cathedral s cloisters, known to many around the world as hogwarts. hello and welcome to bbc news. more than 1,000 people are now thought to have died from disastrous monsoon rains in pakistan. the national disaster management authority says 119 people have died of sindh and khyber pakhtunkhwa. a government minister says her country is unable to cope with the unprecedented flooding and that the disaster is a consequence of climate change. millions of people have been affected and many have been forced to abandon their homes. 0ur correspondent farhat javed has reached one village where people are waiting for help. this monsoon, pakistan is facing unprecedented rains and flash floods. i am here in a valley, and this is a bridge which was collapsed by a flash flood two days ago, and since then, the village on the other side of the bridge is totally cut off from the rest of the community here. we have seen people waiting on this side with their belong
for eye watering energy bills but says the detail won t be announced until next month by the new british prime minister. us intelligence officials are to assess the security risks donald trump s home in florida. and restoration of gloucester cathedral cloister, known to many around the world as hogwarts. hello and welcome to bbc news. more than 1,000 people are now thought to have died from disastrous monsoon rains in pakistan. the national disaster management authority says 119 people have died in the last 2a hours alone most of them in the provinces of sindh and khyber pakhtunkhwa. a government minister says her country is unable to cope with the unprecedented flooding and that the disaster is a consequence of climate change. millions of people have been affected and many have been forced to abandon their homes. 0ur correspondent farhat javed has reached one village where people are waiting for help. this monsoon, pakistan is facing unprecedented rains and flash flood
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who s on trial for alleged corruption clash with police outside her home. europe s biggest carnival returns to the streets of london after a three year break caused by covid. pakistan has made a fresh appeal for international aid to deal with what it describes as overwhelming flooding, which has killed more than a thousand people. an estimated 33 million people, or 15% of the population, are affected in the north and south of the country, after unusually heavy monsoon rains. pakistan s prime minister, shehbaz sharif flew over one affected area, jaffarabad baluchistan, in a helicopter distributing relief. a massive aid operation is under way but the government says it s unable to cope. officials in the southern province of sindh are warning that more floods and landslides are likely there, as waters from the north flow downstream. from sindh, pumza fihlani reports: local aid agencies in pakistan say they are doing what they can, but there simply aren t enough resources for