the force of the floods was felt as early as may when a glacial lake outburst led to this bridge collapsing during a worsening pre monsoon heatwave. by august, destruction was widespread. this new hotel was washed away in minutes. pakistan had its wettestjuly and august on record and the countries climate minister said a third of the country was under water. more than 1000 people died, over half a million homes destroyed. joining me now is abdullah ali, who has been helping to put the aid together so what is the ongoing need? we are several months after the main flood but loads of people are still homeless? at the moment there s loads of people without homes or shelter out there. we need to gather tents, any shelter that can help them, food items, try to rebuild houses for them. what do you feel about the response you ve had to get all this stuff together? it s amazing, the response we ve received this phenomenal
winter. thousands of people are still living in makeshift camps with no access to clean drinking water and fear of disease spreading in the conditions. the force of the flats was felt as early as may when a glacial lake outburst led to this bridge collapsing during a worsening pre monsoon heatwave. by august, destruction was widespread. this new hotel was washed away in minutes. pakistan had its wettestjuly and august on record and the countries climate minister said a third of the country was under water. more than 1000 people died, over half a million homes destroyed. joining me now is abdullah ali, who has been helping to put the eight together so what is the ongoing need? we are several months after the main flood but loads of people are still homeless? that but loads of people are still homeless? but loads of people are still homeless? ., , homeless? at the moment there s loads of people homeless? at the moment there s loads of people without homeless? at the moment there
warm weather has dried out soils and reduced stream flow, leaving many rivers at record low levels. expanding drought now covers much of new england including severe drought blanketing all of connecticut for the first time in 20 years. it s not just the u.s. extreme weather has been relentless in other parts of the world this summer. in may pakistan and india saw scorching temperatures that experts say will become 100 times more likely as the climate crisis continues. the heat then turned to catastrophic flooding in pakistan. pakistan is home to more glaciers than anywhere in the world outside the polar regions, but it s becoming more vulnerable to sudden outbursts of melting glacier water, which has the power to bring widespread destruction. the country s chief meteorologist says this year pakistan has seen triple the usual amount of glacial lake
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