Nearly 1,000 killed in Pakistan monsoon floods

Описание: (28 Aug 2022)
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Sohbat Pur - 27 August 2022
1. Wide pan of flooded houses and fields
HEADLINE: Nearly 1,000 killed in Pakistan monsoon floods
2. Various of villagers evacuating, carrying belongings
ANNOTATION: A total of 982 people have been killed, and thousands injured and displaced.
3. Flooded houses and fields
ANNOTATION: Saturday's new death toll came a day after Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif called for international help to fight flood damage.
4. Pan of flooded houses
ANNOTATION: The monsoon season began earlier than usual this year.
5. Debris from house destroyed by flooding
ANNOTATION: Rescue workers have struggled to evacuate thousands of marooned people from flood-hit areas.
6. Family of Naseeb Ullah and younger brother Abid Ali Ullah, enter flooded house
7. Pan of brothers clearing up damaged house
ANNOTATION: Brothers Naseeb Ullah and Abid Ali found their home in ruins on Saturday after the flood submerged their entire village.
SOUNDBITE (Sindhi) Naseeb Ullah, flood victim:
"After the hard work, I built the house. I worked as a labourer, now the hard work has finished because there is floodwater everywhere. There is no place to find a job. My request to the government is to build my house. If the government compensated me, it would be good. Otherwise there is no hope."
8. Mid of men pulling wood from mud
9. Mid of Naseeb Ullah's children
ANNOTATION: The crisis forced the government to declare a state of emergency.
SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Abid Ali Ullah, flood victim:
"After hardships and struggle I build a home, I worked as a labourer. I worked day and night, sacrificed my sleep, and built a home. The loan has not been cleared yet."
10. Pan from children to damaged house
11. Family in makeshift tent, floodwater around them
ANNOTATION: Thousands of flood-affected people are now living in makeshift homes and tents.
STORYLINE:
Brothers Naseeb Ullah and Abid Ali found the home they had built in ruins on Saturday after floodwaters submerged the Baluchistan village of Sohbat Pur in Pakistan.
Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across much of Pakistan killed nearly 1,000 people and injured and displaced thousands more since mid-June, officials said Saturday.
In Baluchistan, Asadullah Nasir, a spokesperson at the provincial disaster management authority said all 34 districts of the impoverished province were badly affected due to the heavy rains and subsequent flooding.
Naseeb Ullah, a 45-year-old with nine children, called on the government to provide compensation for his damaged property.
He felt "there is no hope" if he doesn't get assistance.
He and his 25-year-old brother went into debt to buy the materials to build the house themselves.
Saturday's new death toll came a day after Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif asked for international help in battling the deadly flood damage in the impoverished Islamic nation.
The crisis has forced the government to declare a state of emergency.
The monsoon season, which began in June, has lashed Pakistan with particularly heavy rains this year and rescuers have struggled to evacuate thousands of marooned people from flood-hit areas.
Floods have damaged 170,000 homes, washed away roads and destroyed nearly 150 bridges, according to the National Disaster Management Authority.
Thousands of flood-affected people are now living in makeshift homes and tents.
Scientists say climate change is a major factor behind the unusually severe weather.
AP video shot by Mohammad Farooq.
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