Pakistan reported 18 more deaths from weeks of record rainfall and flooding, bringing the death toll to at least 1,343 as the country continues to cope with the crisis. PM Sharif: “You wouldn't believe the scale of destruction … It is just like a sea.”
More than 33 million people — roughly 15% of Pakistan's total population of 220 million — have been affected by the flooding, which Pakistani officials have tied toOver 6.4 million people in the county are in "dire" need of humanitarian aid, Palitha Mahipala, the World Health Organization's representative to Pakistan,At least 1.
Its humanitarian agencies have also warned that an increase in waterborne and deadly diseases, like cholera, dengue or malaria, could emerge as the rains and flooding continue.
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