I was saddened to hear that a third of Pakistan is underwater.
We need to pray for these people. It was quite a catastrophic flood.
UN seeks $160 million in emergency aid for Pakistan floods
One-third of Pakistan is inundated, as floods sweep through the country this summer. The catastrophic floods, resulting from monsoon rains that began in June, are unprecedented in scale and scope. So far, they have affected some 33 million people — about 14% of Pakistan's population — causing death, damage, displacement and loss whose effects will be felt for months and years to come.
Over 1,350 people, including over 450 children, have died. Over 33 million are displaced.
Fifty villages have been submerged.
Ten dams and several reservoirs have been destroyed or breached.
Three million children are at high risk from disease and malnutrition.
Over a million dwellings have been damaged or destroyed.
More than 900,000 livestock are dead.
Pakistan’s military has helped evacuate nearly 50,000 people across the nation.
Over 3,000 miles of paved and unpaved roads are inaccessible. More than 220 bridges have been destroyed.
This is a humanitarian crisis the likes of which would decimate the US. Aid must go where aid is needed and we would do well to be grateful and empathetic enough to render it.
