Flood-hit southern Punjab village evacuated

Описание: (21 Aug 2022)
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Fazalpur, Southern Punjab - 21 August 2022
1. People partially submerged in water wading through flooded road
2. Various of flooded road, buildings submerged in water
3. Various of people getting into rescue boats
4. Close of woman and child
5. People inside travelling rescue boat
6. Rescue workers helping villagers off the boat
7. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Numan Ali, rescue worker:
"We are rescuing stranded villagers, around 8 to 10 boats are conducting rescue work and more teams are arriving to the rescue. Our teams are evacuating villagers along with their households' items and animals and shifting them unto a safe location."
8. Tracking shot of displaced people in tents alongside animals
9. Woman holding child
10. Various of household items on the side of the road
11. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Mohammad Buksh, villager:                         
"Our children are crying after this disaster, they are not eating and drinking but some local administration and local non-government organization is providing food. I can't explain the situation, what can I tell you, the whole Fazalpur is submerged. The water level is up to 10 feet."
12. Household items covered with plastic sheet
13. Two men sitting under a shed during rain
14. Various of tents
15. Various of family in a tent
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of villagers in Fazalpur, in southern Punjab, had to flee their houses as heavy rain caused floodwaters to rise unto unprecedented levels.
Rescue workers helped stranded villagers evacuate buildings alongside their household items and set up temporary tents for shelter.
Numan Ali, a rescue worker at the scene said that between 8 to 10 boats were deployed during the rescue operation and that teams of his colleagues were working on bringing people to a safe location.
One of the villagers, Mohammad Buksh, said that a local authority was providing food and drink for survivors.
He also claimed that water levels reached up to 10 feet.
Since mid-June, the sever floods in the south have swollen rivers and damaged highways and bridges, disrupting traffic. More than 9,000 homes have been fully destroyed or partially damaged.
Particularly hard-hit has been the south western Baluchistan province and southern Sindh province where more than 100 people have died in rain-related incidents and subsequent flooding.
The north has also been hard hit this year as flooding triggered by monsoon rains killed at least 36 people, including 11 dead in areas bordering Afghanistan.
Every year, much of Pakistan struggles with the annual monsoons, drawing criticism about poor government planning.
The season runs from July through September. Rains are essential for irrigating crops and replenishing dams and other water reservoirs in Pakistan.
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