Pakistan floods: Drone footage shows “epochal” damage from torrential rains

Torrential rains and flooding have submerged a third of the country and killed more than 1,100 people, including 380 children, in Pakistan, where army helicopters plucked stranded families and dropped food packages to inaccessible areas as the United Nations appealed on Tuesday for $160 million in aid.

Drone footage shows the extent of the damage in Sindh province, with homes and businesses, infrastructure and crops completely destroyed.

The country has received nearly 190 per cent more rain in the quarter through August this year than the 30-year average, totalling 390.7 millimetres. Sindh province, with a population of 50 million, was hardest hit, getting 466 per cent more rain than the 30-year average.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the floods “epochal” and will head to Pakistan next week to see the effects of the catastrophe, the UN said.

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