Flood in Pakistan

According to Pakistan's The Express Tribune, the country's weather department has predicted more rain the coming week.

A general view of a flooded area after heavy monsoon rains is pictured from atop a bridge in Charsadda district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan on August 27, 2022.

Around 33 million people have been affected - 1,456 have been injured and 982 killed - as floods ravage parts of Pakistan, prompting the Shehbaz Sharif government to turn to the Pak Army for help in rescue and relief operations. The floods have also badly damaged houses and infrastructure; Pakistan's disaster management agency said over 3,000 km of roads, around 150 bridges and nearly seven lakh houses have been washed away or destroyed.

Pakistan news website Dawn painted a grim picture Saturday morning, writing, "... at present, more than half of (the country) is under water and millions of people have been rendered homeless as a result of flash flooding generated by abnormal monsoon rains..."

Unprecedented rains have also left over 5.7 million without shelter and food.The Tribune spoke of a 'fresh wave of death and destruction' in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Sindh provinces, where heavy rain continues for a second consecutive day, leaving parts cut off due to broken roads and bridges.The destruction also includes damage to crops and livestock.

Sindh and Balochistan have been worst hit, news agency PTI said, adding Pak's railway had suspended operations at several places in these areas.