Eighteen die in Pakistan's unprecedented floods, taking toll to 1,343

Eighteen die in Pakistan
# 07 September 2022 11:33 (UTC +04:00)

Eighteen more people have died in Pakistan, authorities said on Wednesday, taking to 1,343 the toll in unprecedented floods that have inundated more than a third of the South Asian nation, making hundreds of thousands homeless, APA reports citing Reuters.

As many as 33 million of a population of 220 million have been affected in the disaster blamed on climate change, which officials estimate to have caused losses running into a minimum of $10 billion.

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