Satellite images released by Maxar Technologies reveal the destruction wrought by the deadly floods in Pakistan.
Before and after images of homes and fields along Indus River in Paksitan. (Image: Twitter/ @readelev)
Pakistan is grappling with unprecedented floods that has displaced over 33 million people in the country. The torrential rain since mid June has affected the normal life of people in the country. Hundreds of villages in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province have been cut off by flood-swollen rivers washing away roads and bridges.
Satellite images released by Maxar Technologies reveal the destruction wrought by the deadly floods in Pakistan.
Another set of before/after images of homes and fields along the river at 28.722, 70.046. pic.twitter.com/jgo541riTD
— Reade Levinson (@readelev) August 29, 2022
The country-wide death toll has touched 1,136 as of Monday, with over 1,634 injured, according to the latest data issued by the National Disaster Management Authority, the chief national body tasked to deal with calamities.
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It said that about 992,871 houses were totally or partially damaged, leaving millions without access to food, clean drinking water and shelter.
The cash-strapped Pakistan government has teamed up with the United Nations to issue a flash appeal for USD 160 million to deal with the disaster that has become the “ground zero” of global warming.
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