Pakistan 2022 Monsoon Floods Situation Live Updates Videos Photos

Pakistan 2022 Monsoon Floods Situation Live Updates Videos Photos. Pakistan floods: Monsoons bring misery to millions in Pakistan, Millions of people have been affected by floods in Pakistan, hundreds have been killed, and the government has declared a national emergency.

Pakistan floods hit 33 million people in worst disaster in a decade, minister says.

On Friday, the National Disaster Management Authority said more than 900 people had been killed since June - including 34 in the past 24 hours.

In the old town of Sukkur in southern Sindh province, worn tents line the streets, as people seek shelter.

Many sit with just beds - all their possessions lost to the water.

The streets are flooded, and plastic waste has spewed out of sewage pipes. Large pools of dirty water have collected, slowing down any drainage.

Residents are worried the standing water will bring waterborne diseases with it. It's been raining all week in Sindh province and there's been little respite for communities hoping to return home to see what can be salvaged.

A number of homes in the city centre have been damaged - left with just the walls.

'We are all homeless and have nothing': Extreme weather affecting thousands in Pakistan and Afghanistan 03:03

Islamabad (CNN)At least 33 million people have been affected by deadly flooding in Pakistan, the country's climate change minister said on Thursday.

Since mid-June, 937 people have died from severe rain and flooding across the South Asian country, according to the country's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

Sherry Rehman, the minister for climate change, called the floods "unprecedented" and "the worst humanitarian disaster of this decade."

"Pakistan is going through its eighth cycle of monsoon while normally the country has only three to four cycles of rain," Rehman said. "The percentages of super flood torrents are shocking."

She highlighted in particular the impact on the south of the country, adding that "maximum" relief efforts are underway.

A displaced family wades through a flooded area in Jaffarabad, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, on August 24.

The NDMA, Pakistani Army, and the Provincial Disaster Management Authority are working to assist those affected -- but there is a "dire" need for shelter and relief due to the rising number of homeless and displaced families, she said.

The southern province of Sindh, which has been badly hit by the flooding, has asked for 1 million tents, while neighboring Balochistan province -- largely cut off from electricity, gas and the internet -- has requested 100,000 tents, she added.

"Pakistan's priority, at the moment, is this climate-induced humanitarian disaster of epic proportions," Rehman said, urging the international community to provide aid given Pakistan's "limited" resources.

Residents take shelter at a makeshift camp in Rajanpur district, in Pakistan's Punjab province on August 24.

On Friday, Pakistan's Prime Minister Sharif briefed international diplomats on the crisis, stating that his country -- on the frontline of climate change despite a relatively small carbon footprint -- must focus its rehabilitation toward greater climate change resilience.

Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal separately told Reuters that 30 million people had been affected, a figure that would represent about 15% of the South Asian country's population.

UN agency Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in an update on Thursday that the monsoon rains had affected some 3 million people in Pakistan of which 184,000 have been displaced to relief camps across the country.

Over 900 killed by Pakistan monsoon rains and floods, including 326 children

Funding and reconstruction efforts will be a challenge for cash-strapped Pakistan, which is having to cut spending to ensure that the International Monetary Fund approves the release of much-needed bailout money.

The NDMA said in a report that in the past 24 hours, 150 kilometers (about 93 miles) of roads had been damaged across the country and more than 82,000 homes partially or fully damaged.

Since mid-June, when the monsoon began, more than 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles) of road, 130 bridges and 495,000 homes have been damaged, according to NDMA's last situation report, figures also echoed in the OHCA report.

'The rain hasn't stopped'

A vast majority of this damage is in Sindh.

"Brother, the rain has not stopped for the past three months ... We are living in a rickshaw with our children because the roof of our mud house is leaking," a woman who declined to be named told Reuters TV in Hyderabad, Sindh's second-largest city.

In Sindh province alone, the floods have killed more than 300 people. Along the narrow streets, people use whatever patch of dry ground is still available to pitch tents, as more rain is expected.

Large swathes of Pakistan have been affected - including these people in Jafarabad in BalochistanImage source, Reuters

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Large swathes of Pakistan have been affected - including these people in Jafarabad in Balochistan

On Friday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said 33 million people had been hit by the floods - around 15% of the population.

Army troops distribute food and supplies to displaced people at a relief camp in Jamshoro district, in southern Pakistan, on August 24.

Seated with three of her children in the rickshaw she said: "Where can we go? The gutters are overflowing, and our courtyard is filled up with sewage. Our houses and alleys have turned into a floating garbage bin."

OCHA also warned that alerts had been issued for floods, river overflows, and landslides in several areas of Pakistan, and heavy rainfall was forecast for the next two days, too, over most of the country.

Rehman said Sindh has received 784% more rainfall this month than the August average, with 23 districts declared calamity-hit.

Another of the hardest-hit areas has been in nearby Balochistan, with the province's capital city Quetta largely cut off from electricity, gas, and the internet.

Almost 500% more rainfall had fallen in the province, Rehman added, leading to electricity and gas services being suspended in most areas of Quetta since Thursday morning, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority.

Severe disruption to cell, internet, and landline phone services in the city have caused problems to rescue operations, leading the Balochistan government to request the Pakistan army's help in rescue efforts.

The country has appealed for more international aid, and Mr Sharif has held a meeting with foreign ambassadors in Islamabad.

He said the losses caused by floods this season were comparable to those during the floods of 2010-11.

Earlier, climate minister Sherry Rehman said the country was going through its eighth monsoon cycle "while normally the country only has three to four cycles of rain".

"The percentages of super flood torrents are shocking," she said.

Since the summer season began, multiple monsoon cycles have lashed Pakistan, destroying more than 400,000 homes across the country.

At least 184,000 people have been displaced to relief camps, the UN's disaster relief agency, OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) said on Thursday.

Southern Pakistan has been hardest hit by the rains - particularly Sindh which has received nearly eight times its average August rainfall.

Ms Rehman on Thursday said local authorities there had asked for one million tents to house displaced people.