Pakistan's government is warning it could take up to six months for floodwaters to recede, after record monsoon rains and glacial meltwater left a third of Pakistan's territory underwater.

• 6 months of no food
• 6 months of no work
• 6 months of no sanitary facilities
• 6 months of no clean water
• 6 moths of waterborn diseases

Pakistan’s government is warning it could take up to six months for floodwaters to recede, after record monsoon rains and glacial meltwater left a third of Pakistan’s territory underwater. The flooding uprooted 33 million people and has claimed over 1,400 lives. Public health officials are warning of the growing threat of #waterborne #diseases like #cholera and #dengue.

On Monday, #Pakistan’s Army raced to shore up #flood defenses at a major power station in the southern province of Sindh, which supplies electricity to millions of people. Nearby, a major dust storm uprooted hundreds of tents at a camp for people recently made homeless by the climate disaster.

https://www.democracynow.org/2022/9/13/headlines/pakistan_floodwaters_could_take_up_to_six_months_to_recede