On Tuesday, the UN and Pakistan are appealing for disaster aid of just over 1.7 billion kroner to the more than 33 million people affected by the floods, which are reported to have put a third of the country under water. Over 1,100 people have lost their lives and the damage is reported to cost over SEK 100 billion. On the fertile riverbeds of the mighty Indus River, the poorest of the poor settle, even though they know it is dangerous. They are the ones who have now been hit the hardest when the water has risen. Farm worker Muktyar Bibi has lost pretty much everything. The donkey cart has become the family’s home. – What can I do, other than cry? I don’t know where to go. I am helpless. I have a fever, she says. In the player above: See the dramatic images of an underwater Pakistan.
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A third of Pakistan under water – over 1100 people dead
