KARACHI/ISLAMABAD—Unprecedented floods that have submerged huge swathes of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,500 people, data showed on Thursday, as authorities said hundreds of thousands of people were still sleeping in the open air after the disaster.
The deluge, brought by record monsoon rains, has impacted 33 million people out of a population of 220 million, sweeping away homes, vehicles, crops, and livestock in damage estimated at $30 billion.
