In Pakistan, a 'disaster of epic proportions'

By raft through Hyderabad: two young men struggle through the streets of Hyderabad, a city of millions in southern Pakistan, on homemade rafts. According to official figures, the floods, which mainly affect the south, are comparable to those of 2010, when more than 2,000 people died and almost one-fifth of the country was underwater
By raft through Hyderabad: two young men struggle through the streets of Hyderabad, a city of millions in southern Pakistan, on homemade rafts. According to official figures, the floods, which mainly affect the south, are comparable to those of 2010, when more than 2,000 people died and almost one-fifth of the country was underwater

Floods have killed more than 900 people in Pakistan and destroyed about 220,000 homes. The government speaks of a "climate-induced humanitarian disaster of epic proportions". More...