3 d. ago ‘The water left nothing’: Pakistan’s Punjab province reels from deadly floods

Fears of disease as more than 1,400 villages under water after three large rivers overflow their banksIman Salim is used to seeing flood waters in the field of lush lilypads next to her home in the village of Kamanwala. But nothing prepared her for this week, when torrential monsoon rains that broke a 49-year record lashed the area, flooding her house with water that rose above her chest.“The whole house has drowned. The water left nothing,” the 24-year-old said. Continue reading...

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