hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. pakistan is appealing for further international assistance to help cope with flooding, which has already claimed more than a thousand lives. millions of people have been affected and many have been forced to abandon their homes. a government minister says her country is unable to cope with the unprecedented flooding, and that the disaster is a consequence of climate change. officials in the southern province of sindh are warning that more floods and landslides are likely there, as waters from the north flow downriver. 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, tha
are more times and when water comes like this, they have already flown away. but we have had unprecedented downpours. yes, it has taken away so many things like bricks and cement. it was not expected and it was not handled. it could have been handled in a better way. but unfortunately, it wasn t. ., ,, ., ., in a better way. but unfortunately, itwasn t. ., ,, ., ., ., it wasn t. doctor shahla gondal, thank ou it wasn t. doctor shahla gondal, thank you very it wasn t. doctor shahla gondal, thank you very much. britain s prime minister has said whoever succeeds him will announce another huge package of financial support to help people cope with soaring energy bills this winter. writing in a national newspaper, boris johnson acknowledged that the next few months would be difficult, as households face sky high costs.
and this is something we haven t seen here before. in 2010, it was disastrous, but at that point, it was accessible. at this time, the problem is the rains have not stopped since they started. for instance, it started injune and since then, it has only been increasing. they are also seeing a lot of dams, six dams have been burst since the rains have started. so just the day before, there was a warning that was given that although it is going to be dry in the next 2a hours, it is still expected that some catchment areas will have some sort of high flood or other activities happening. so this is something that anybody in pakistan had not expected before. thank something that anybody in pakistan had not expected before. let s get more from environmental consultant shahla gondal. shejoins me from oslo. thank you very much forjoining us. the situation that has been going on over months with continuous heavy rainfall, was there any way that the country could have been prepared?
Pakistan has been dealing with flash floods due to heavy rain since mid-June, killing 903 and leaving around 50,000 homeless. Wednesday's flood left 126 people dead.