Over 1,000 Dead in Pakistan’s Monsoon Floods

Over 1,000 Dead in Pakistan’s Monsoon Floods
A man looks for salvageable belongings from his flood-hit home surrounded by water in Jaffarabad, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, on Aug. 28, 2022. Zahid Hussain/AP Photo
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ISLAMABAD—Deaths from widespread flooding in Pakistan topped 1,000 since mid-June, officials said Sunday.

Flash flooding from the heavy rains has washed away villages and crops as soldiers and rescue workers evacuated stranded residents to the safety of relief camps and provided food to thousands of displaced Pakistanis.