As climate change intensifies, extreme weather occurs frequently around the world. An unprecedented and violent flood has been raging in Pakistan for a long time. It has killed thousands of people, affected 33 million people, and damaged more than 1.1 million houses.

Climate change is intensifying, and extreme weather occurs frequently around the world.

An unprecedented and violent flood has been raging in Pakistan for a long time.

It has killed thousands of people, affected 33 million people, and damaged more than 1.1 million houses.

Three-quarters of Pakistan has been affected by the floods.

"There is only water, water, and more water around me, and there is almost no dry land.

Floods falling from the sky have been continuing since the end of June.

Floods have happened here before, but this time , it swallowed up all of us.

I have never seen a disaster of this level," said Pakistan Foreign Minister Zardari.

Generally speaking, Pakistan will enter the rainy season starting from late June,

But this year’s rainfall was extremely violent,

html In August, the national rainfall was 190% higher than the average in the past 30 years,

The most severely affected area In the heavy provinces, the rainfall was more than five times higher than the average.

Floods uprooted trees and swept away houses. The violent rainstorms flattened entire villages.

Disaster relief has become more difficult because of this. Even finding a road has become more difficult. The runway available for rescue aircraft to take off and land has become a problem.

In August last year, the banks of the Indus River in the southern Sindh Province of Pakistan were still green,

like a silk stretched on the yellow land,

(Along the Indus River in August 2021)

However, a year later, continuous heavy rains caused the water level of the Indus River to increase sharply and cause serious flooding.

The floodwaters rushed at extremely fast speeds and had no time to vent. They submerged the original farmland and

formed a wide 100 kilometers of inland lakes.

(In August 2022, the area along the Indus River has turned dark blue)

In Gudpur, Punjab ,

the entire village and hundreds of verdant farmland were also swallowed by floods and turned into a small ocean.

(Gudpur in April this year)

(Gudpur in August this year)

And when the flood ends,

experts predict that about one-third of Pakistan will be soaked in water.

Preliminary estimates indicate that the current damage caused by the flood has exceeded 10 billion US dollars.

It has not only claimed thousands of lives and made millions of people homeless,

it will also cause food shortages and aggravate inflation. .

More than 800 square kilometers of farmland were flooded, crops failed, and the production of vegetables and fruits dropped sharply.

More than 700,000 livestock were missing in the floods.

Most of the cotton that was originally exported in large quantities was washed away by floods.

Coupled with the interruption of roads, it was difficult to transport, causing food prices to soar.

In July alone, Pakistan's inflation rate reached nearly 25%,

This historic flood has made people's already difficult lives even worse, and the country's economic situation has worsened.

Despair is spreading in every area,

The stagnant water has not receded, and it is difficult for the affected people to go home.

People are forced to spend the night on elevated roads and railway tracks,

There are still people living with the surviving livestock,

Some people ran to shelters managed by aid agencies, thinking that this way they could temporarily relax,

Unexpectedly, the supplies here are also in short supply and it is difficult to eat.

2-year-old girl and her sister begged him The two sisters have not eaten for a day,

The elder sister can still hold on, but the younger sister has already lost her strength and keeps vomiting.

She begs the adults, hoping to get some help,

But even adults can't stand such a life. He said bluntly:

"Rather than staying here, it's better to die."

What is even more frightening is that because there is no clean water source,

the victims have no choice but to quench their thirst with floods,

Many people have experienced symptoms such as acute watery diarrhea, dengue fever , malaria ,

and, in some villages, related diseases have begun to spread among children.

Raging floods damaged more than 800 health facilities in Pakistan, 180 of which were completely destroyed.

Millions of people lost their medical coverage, exacerbating the outbreak of disease. Risk,

If timely intervention is not carried out,

there will undoubtedly be a large-scale infectious disease outbreak in Pakistan in addition to floods.

Some iconic buildings have also been damaged.

The beautiful Kalam Valley was originally very popular with tourists.

The New Honeymoon Hotel (New Honeymoon) located on the riverside Hotel) has 150 rooms.

is the largest and most famous hotel in the area.

Although the price is high, it is still hard to find a room.

But now, people can no longer appreciate its elegance.

Last week, under the violent impact of the flood, the New Honeymoon Hotel suddenly disintegrated.

Everything from the foundation to the roof poured into the Swat River in an instant.

It was still standing just now. The buildings on the riverside disappeared in an instant.

Fortunately, tourists and staff followed the instructions and left the hotel early, and no casualties were caused.

Later, all residents near the hotel were evacuated.

Along with the floods, there were also widespread power outages.

Collapsed transmission towers were submerged in the water, causing some innocent people to be electrocuted alive.

The Pakistani authorities admitted that they were powerless in the face of this flood.

"I have never seen such a horrific scene. Villages disappeared one after another and millions of houses were destroyed." Pakistani Prime Minister Sharif said with emotion.

According to predictions, it will take about 5 years to rebuild and restore order after the disaster.

In the short term, Pakistan’s food shortage cannot be alleviated.

They have already begun negotiations with Russia on wheat imports, and are even considering switching from their old enemy—— Vegetables imported from India.

In addition to the problem of food rations, there are also a large number of victims who are in need of food.

How to resettle them and rebuild medical services is also a complex task.

To this end, Pakistan called for international assistance,

because "no country can cope with the consequences of extreme climate alone."

Pakistan's carbon dioxide emissions account for less than 1% of the world's

But it ranks eighth among the countries most affected by climate impacts in the first two decades of the 21st century,

People living in tropical areas such as South Asia, die are 15 times more likely to be affected by the climate crisis than others.

The Pakistani government believes that the responsibility for this devastating flood should be borne by developed countries.

The topic of "whether developed countries should help poor countries pay for climate change" has once again been brought to the table for discussion by experts.

The International Monetary Fund will provide Pakistan with more than 1.1 billion US dollars in relief funds,

The United Nations also launched a US$160 million emergency plan.

These help can save you for a while, but not forever ....