Aid continues to arrive in Pakistan as deaths from floods pass 1,200

Planes bring food, medicine and tents to disaster zone, with officials blaming floods on climate change

Planes carrying fresh supplies are forming a humanitarian air bridge to flood-ravaged Pakistan as the death toll passed 1,200, officials have said with families and children at special risk of disease and homelessness.

The ninth flight from the United Arab Emirates and the first from Uzbekistan were the latest to land in Islamabad overnight as a military-backed rescue operation elsewhere in the country reached more of the 3 million people affected by the disaster.

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(SOURCE) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/02/aid-pours-into-pakistan-as-deaths-from-floods-pass-1200

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