Pakistan Prime Minister Shakhbaz Sharif asked the international community for help: his country was seriously injured from destructive floods. Associated Press writes that rescuers still cannot reach many areas where people are waiting for evacuation.
Since mid -June, 937 people have died as a result of floods in Pakistan, more than a third of them are children. Due to the impact, the poems of the country’s authorities declared an emergency regime.
Shahbaz Sharif met with foreign diplomats and representatives of various organizations. He said that the flood was more destructive than in 2010, when 1,700 people died as a result of the impact of the elements.
Water flow damaged more than 170 thousand houses, roads were washed off, about 150 bridges were destroyed. In some areas, the water began to leave, but in the province of Sind the situation was complicated: saving rescuers are trying to evacuate people.
The UN reports that he will allocate $ 3 million to help Pakistan.