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Historic flooding in Pakistan leaves at least 1,110 dead

Death toll in Pakistan passes 1,110 as monsoon floods reach historic levels

08/29/2022

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Historic flooding in Pakistan leaves at least 1,110 dead

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Death toll in Pakistan passes 1,110 as monsoon floods reach historic levels

Historic flooding in Pakistan has now killed 1,100 people and caused $10 billion in damage since mid-June. At least 33 million people have been impacted and one-third of the country is submerged. Sara Hayat, a lawyer specializing in climate change and adjunct professor at Lahore University of Management Sciences in Pakistan, joined Amna Nawaz to discuss the growing disaster.

08/29/2022

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