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Highest Rainfall in 30 Years Threatens Pakistan’s Recovery

WATCH: Exhausted villagers helped the injured and carried their belongings through muddy floodwaters on Sunday, as death from widespread flooding in Pakistan topped 1,000 since mid-June.Source: Bloomberg

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By Faseeh Mangi

August 27, 2022 at 1:22 PM UTC

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Pakistan’s economic recovery is facing new risks after the highest rainfall in at least three decades threatens a humanitarian crisis in the world’s fifth most populous nation.

Rainfall so far this year is running at more than 780% above average levels, Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman said in a text message. About 1,000 people have been killed, while thousands are without shelter and food in a crisis that has impacted 30 million people, according to the National Disaster Management Authority.