Pakistan

Welcome to today's Morning Brief, where we're following Pakistan's deadly floods, U.S. warships in the Taiwan Strait, and the world this week.

Beijing, which has previously warned [Washington](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/28/world/asia/us-warships-taiwan-china.html) against such actions, said it was [monitoring](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/28/china-us-navy-taiwan-strait-pelosi/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world) the ships. [erupted](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/28/world/middleeast/libya-militias-hifter-dbeiba-bashagha.html) between rival militias in Tripoli, Libya, on Saturday, killing at least [30 people](https://www.npr.org/2022/08/27/1119818207/libya-militias-clashes-tripoli) and injuring more than a hundred others. treaty](https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62680423) to protect sea life, after two weeks of negotiations ended in [deadlock](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/nations-fail-to-reach-deal-on-un-treaty-to-protect-sea-life/2022/08/27/4776d2ea-25e8-11ed-a72f-1e7149072fbc_story.html?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world) over financial support for developing nations and fishing guidelines. [first time](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/28/world/asia/us-warships-taiwan-china.html) since U.S. [world record](https://sports.yahoo.com/man-breaks-world-record-floating-river-pumpkin-reaction-195706213.html) for distance traveled while drifting in a pumpkin, 60-year old Duane Hansen floated down the Missouri River in one that weighed 846 pounds. [Taiwan Strait](https://www.c7f.navy.mil/Media/News/Display/Article/3142171/7th-fleet-cruisers-transit-taiwan-strait/) demonstrates the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” the U.S. It also fits into a trend of extreme weather ravaging Asia, as FP’s Mary Yang [reported.](https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/08/24/extreme-weather-asia-climate-change-floods-droughts-heatwave/) But many still remain [stranded](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62710230) and in need of food and supplies, while more than [33 million people](https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/25/asia/pakistan-flooding-climate-minister-intl-hnk/index.html) have been impacted by the floods. In an interview with Reuters, Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari pleaded for [financial support](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-foreign-minister-says-help-needed-after-overwhelming-floods-2022-08-28/) and said he believed the flooding’s economic fallout could exceed $4 billion. [swallow up roads](https://www.npr.org/2022/08/28/1119854665/pakistan-flooding-climate-change), more than 1,000 people have died since mid-June. Tens of thousands of [livestock](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/28/people-are-getting-sick-destitution-in-flood-hit-pakistan) have died. But in Pakistan, this climate nightmare is exhausting a population already experiencing political and economic tumult.

Islamabad (CNN) Pakistan is racing to prevent further loss of life as it reels from one of its worst climate disasters with floodwater threatening to cover ...

The threat of Covid-19 and damage to vehicles, infrastructure and connectivity are further making our emergency relief works almost impossible. Most of those affected are also immobile or marooned making us hard to reach them," he said. "Looking at the incredible damage the floods have caused, it slowly becoming clear to us that relief efforts are going to take a very long time. Let us rise above our differences and stand by our people who need us today." "I haven't seen any destruction or devastation of this scale," said Butto-Zardari. "Times demand that we come together as one nation in support of our people facing this calamity.

More than 1000 people have died in the floods as authorities struggle to provide relief to flood victims.

it is overwhelming,” Zardari said in an interview with the Reuters news agency. “I saw floodwater everywhere, wherever I went in recent days and even today,” Sharif said on Monday in Charsadda, one of the devastated towns. We’ll need to have climate resilient crops as well as structures,” she said. Sodhar said her entire family, with pregnant women and infants, have no shelter and are living in the open in scorching weather in the nearby town of Mehar. Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Sunday he hoped financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund would take the economic fallout into account. We are alive, but we are not able to live any more,” the 25-year-old teacher told Al Jazeera, adding that she could not save her 30 livestock while her house was destroyed by the deluge.

Many rivers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province — which boasts some of Pakistan's best tourist spots — have burst their banks, demolishing scores of buildings ...

“Living here is miserable. In Washington today, the International Monetary Fund executive board was scheduled to meet to decide whether to green-light the resumption of a $6 billion loan programme essential for the country to service its foreign debt, but it is already clear it will take more to repair and rebuild after this monsoon. Millions of acres of rich farmland have been flooded by weeks of non-stop rain, but now the Indus is threatening to burst its banks as torrents of water course downstream from tributaries in the north. More than 5,000 readers have already pitched in to keep free access to The Journal. Our self-respect is at stake,” said Fazal e Malik, sheltering in the grounds of a school now home to around 2,500 people in the town of Nowshera in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. For the price of one cup of coffee each week you can help keep paywalls away.

International aid was reaching Pakistan on Monday as evacuations were underway for widespread flooding that have claimed more than 1000 lives this summer.

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The World Food Programme (WFP) is supporting Pakistan as the country takes stock of floods which have reportedly killed more than 1000 people and displaced ...

The funding will provide critical food and cash assistance to nearly one million people in districts in Balochistan, Sindh, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. Harneis has warned that the humanitarian situation is expected to worsen, with diseases and malnutrition expected to rise along with the number of districts reporting that they have been affected. The aim is to reach nearly half a million people in the badly hit provinces of Balochistan, where the agency already supports nearly 42,000 people, and Sindh.

A third of Pakistan is under water as a result of flooding caused by record monsoon rains, Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman said Monday, calling it a ...

"We are in touch with our big donors... "We need to also look for the spread of medical camps, because disease is always the next predator in such an environment." "To see the devastation on the ground is really mind-boggling," Rehman told AFP in an interview.

New figures come after prime minister asks for international help in battling flood damage as more than 33 million people displaced.

She said: “Imran Khan refused to raise funds for flood and doing political fundraising and has called for political gatherings. He said in his weekly briefing on Friday that the appeal would be set up on August 30th. Mr Khan has been holding rallies across the country since April, when he was ousted from power through a constitutional vote of no confidence. Mr Khan was also criticised for refusing to collect funds for flood relief during his visit to flood-affected areas. There were also reports that protesters had blocked the Indus Highway, the only safe passage between Hyderabad and Karachi and northern Sindh and the rest of Pakistan at Naseerabad. Other dams in the area have also reportedly been damaged.

International aid has begun to reach Pakistan amid widespread flooding triggered by “monster monsoons” that have already left more than 1000 dead.

He appealed to Pakistanis living abroad to generously donate to the flood victims. He said the planes carrying aid from some countries have already reached Pakistan, and he predicted more. General Qamar Javed Bajwa, the country's military chief, said on August 28 that his country may take years to recover. The country's National Disaster Management Authority on August 29 said 1,136 people have died since June from the flooding, but experts said some 33 million people have been affected and that the casualty totals are sure to increase. Prime Minister Shabaz Sharif on August 29 said the rains are the heaviest Pakistan has seen in three decades. He added that nearly 1 million homes have been damaged and that it could take five years for the nation to recover.

The head of Caritas Pakistan, Archbishop Benny Travas of Karachi, and Bishop Samson Shukardin of Hyderabad, launch an appeal for solidarity with all ...

“I want to assure the people of Pakistan, hit by floods of disastrous proportions, of my closeness. The Education Department revealed that at least 17,566 schools have been damaged or destroyed due to the heavy rains and floods. “The people are left homeless and hungry besides the families grieving for the loss of their loved ones. “I am receiving a lot of phone calls for help from my priests and people in various parishes of the diocese. Many churches, parish houses and schools have been damaged by the deluge,” said the bishops whose diocese is based in Sindh province. Some 33 million people across Pakistan have been affected by what is considered to the most devastating monsoon in decades, with many killed or injured, homes been washed away, vital farmland destroyed, and the country's main river threatening to overflow.

The provinces of Sindh and Balochistan in the south of the country have suffered the most destruction. Some families tell The Washington Post they haven't ...

He’s heard hundreds are seriously injured in his district and some have died, but with phone lines largely down and families scattered, it is impossible to know the true toll. Punjab province, in the north, experienced its second wettest month and received 116 percent more than normal. “The destruction and losses are so huge, it’s something we have never seen before.” “I have never in my life seen such rains and the floodwaters,” said Bashir Ahmed Mallah, a 62-year-old farmer in Sindh. Already battling a spiraling economic crisis and a power struggle with the country’s former leader, Imran Khan, the Pakistani government is appealing for outside help. Some families tell The Washington Post they haven’t received any government assistance, forcing thousands to flee on foot in search of food and dry land.

Driving the news: Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority reported on Sunday that the death toll from the monsoon rains, which have sparked flooding ...

It is a climate dystopia at our doorstep,” Rehman told the Guardian. The extreme heat led to a damaging glacial lake outburst flood as Himalayan glaciers shed ice at rapid rates. The water is coming down in buckets from a merciless sky," Rehman told This is very far from a normal monsoon. - The floods have destroyed nearly 300,000 homes, caused widespread electricity outages, and made roads impassable. [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/28/asia/pakistan-flooding-intl/index.html).

More than 1130 have died in devastating floods triggered by the heaviest monsoon rains in a decade.

Millions of houses have been destroyed," Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday after flying over the area in a helicopter. "Our crop spanned over 5,000 acres on which the best quality rice was sown and is eaten by you and us," 70-year-old Khalil Ahmed said. Thousands of people living in the mountainous area have been ordered to evacuate - but even with the help of helicopters, authorities are still struggling to reach those who are trapped. "We're still coming to grips with the extent of the damage," he added. Of those who are known to have died, 75 were in the past 24 hours alone, officials said on Monday, adding that the death toll is expected to rise. The summer rain is the heaviest recorded in a decade and is blamed by the government on climate change.

The country's climate minister warned that Pakistan is on the 'front line' of the world's climate crisis.

“I am sitting with my family in a tent, and how can I go out to work? “I don’t even have anything to feed my family. I don’t know where to go. “I saw floodwater everywhere, wherever I went in recent days and even today,” Mr Sharif said in the town of Charsadda in the north-east of the country. Last week, the United Nations in a statement said that it has allocated three million dollars (£2.5 million) for UN aid agencies and their partners in Pakistan to respond to the floods and this money will be used for health, nutrition, food security, and water and sanitation services in flood-affected areas, focusing on the most vulnerable. Pakistan and the IMF originally signed the bailout accord in 2019. But many of the displaced have lost not just homes, but also crops and businesses. The heavy rains are the latest in a series of catastrophes that Ms Rehman said are exacerbated by climate change, including heatwaves, forest fires and glacial lake outbursts. But Pakistanis in many parts of the country were still wading through waters that filled their homes or covered their town’s streets as they struggled with how to deal with the damage to homes and businesses. In one of the worst single incidents of the flooding, at least 11 people were killed on Monday when a boat that volunteer rescuers were using to evacuate two dozen people capsized in the flood-swollen waters of the Indus River near the southern city of Bilawal Pur, media reported. The rains stopped more than two days ago and floods in some areas were receding. The country’s climate minister warned that Pakistan is on the “front line” of the world’s climate crisis after unprecedented monsoon rains wracked the country since mid-June, killing more than 1,136 people.

More than 1000 people have died from widespread flooding in Pakistan. Officials are blaming climate change for the country's heaviest rains since the early ...

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The climate crisis is the prime suspect, but the vulnerability of poor citizens and other factors are important too.

[ranked eighth most at risk in the world](https://www.germanwatch.org/en/19777) by the Global Climate Risk Index. The only silver lining in the current flooding situation is that it may not get even more catastrophic. “It’s a real planet SOS here,” [said Rehman](https://twitter.com/sherryrehman/status/1562886281197400066). The extreme heatwave suffered earlier in 2022 was made [30 times more likely by global heating](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/23/deadly-indian-heatwave-made-30-times-more-likely-by-climate-crisis) and another heatwave in [2015 was also exacerbated by global heating](http://www.ametsoc.net/eee/2015/16_india_pakistain.pdf). A natural climate cycle driven by temperature and wind variations in the Pacific may also have added to the Pakistan floods, said meteorologist Scott Duncan. Scientists are already trying to determine the extent to which global heating is to blame for the rainfall and floods. “We can see it is very extreme flooding and, in many places, it will be worse than 2010, when the floods killed 1,700 people.” “Flash flooding is very difficult to provide good warning for and to get people out of harm’s way quickly,” she said. The horrific scale of the floods are not in doubt. This is a deluge from all sides.” She said the “monster monsoon was wreaking non-stop havoc throughout the country”. Warmer oceans and heating in the Arctic were implicated in the 2010 superflood, one study found, as these factors affected the jet stream, a high-level wind that circles the planet. [Pakistan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/pakistan), which has killed more than 1,000 people and affected 30 million.

The deadly floods Pakistan is suffering raise a difficult question: Who should pay for the damage climate change is causing in the developing world?

It can feel overwhelming facing the impacts of climate change, but there are [ways to cope with climate anxiety](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/climate-change-anxiety-dread-cope/2021/07/14/471eb264-e4d4-11eb-b722-89ea0dde7771_story.html?itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_6). As temperatures rise, heat waves are more often sweeping the globe — and parts of the world are [becoming too hot to survive](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/climate-change-humidity/?itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_4&itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_3). As seas rise, others are exploring [how to harness marine energy](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/interactive/2021/cop26-scotland-wave-energy-renewables/?itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_14&itid=lb_more-on-climate-change_8). [$100,000](https://www.usaid.gov/news-information/press-releases/aug-16-2022-united-states-providing-immediate-humanitarian-assistance-response-flooding-pakistan) in humanitarian relief in Pakistan. [Paris agreement](https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/english_paris_agreement.pdf) on climate change, countries agreed to recognize and “address” the loss and damage caused by those dangerous climate impacts. But as the damage mount some are already going to court, as citizens and politicians from vulnerable countries seek compensation for the loss of their livelihoods, homes or farms. [largest historical emitter](https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-which-countries-are-historically-responsible-for-climate-change/#:~:text=Historical%20responsibility%20for%20climate%20change,warming%20that%20has%20already%20occurred.) of carbon dioxide, has blocked such efforts at every turn. A [report](https://www.oxfam.org/en/research/footing-bill-fair-finance-loss-and-damage-era-escalating-climate-impacts) released by the humanitarian group Oxfam in June found that over the past five years appeals for relief from extreme weather were only 54 percent funded on average, leaving a shortfall of tens of billions of dollars. climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, negotiators from developing countries hoped that negotiators would finally create a formal institution to funnel cash to the countries most affected by climate disasters. While the two issues may seem unconnected, for decades developing countries have asked richer ones to provide funding for the costs they face from heat waves, floods, droughts, sea-level rise and other climate-related disasters. “Now the most devastating monsoon rains in a decade are causing incessant destruction across the country.” Since mid-June, torrential rain has changed the landscape of Pakistan, submerging villages and fields, destroying homes and killing at least 1,000 people.

More than 1100 have died as record monsoon rains inundate the country, washing away bridges, roads and crop fields. Much of Pakistan is underwater.

A long-running debate over the obligations of rich, polluting nations to help poor, developing countries cope with climate change has become a sticking point in global climate negotiations. The reason for this apparent “paradox,” he said, is that the monsoon has become more erratic: Stronger downpours have been interspersed with longer dry spells. Ahsan Iqbal, the country’s planning minister, said he estimated damages to exceed $10 billion and that it will take the better part of a decade for the nation to rebuild. Only around $50 million is allocated to Pakistan’s climate change ministry in this year’s budget, reflecting a cut of almost one third as the government tries to curtail spending. The hotel’s parking lot and part of its main building were swept away over the weekend. “And we were actually the lucky ones.” “Everything has already become expensive because of rising petrol prices, and the recent floods will further worsen the situation,” he said. The former prime minister, Imran Khan, was forced out of office in April and this month was While scientists can’t yet say how much the current rainfall and flooding may have been worsened by climate change, researchers agree that in South Asia and elsewhere, global warming is increasing the likelihood of severe rain. “If that rainfall was distributed over the season, maybe it wouldn’t be that bad,” said Deepti Singh, a climate scientist at Washington State University Vancouver. Now much of the country is underwater. Stories like this are possible because of our deep commitment to original reporting, produced by a global staff of over 1,700 journalists who have all dedicated themselves to helping you understand the world.

Canada announces humanitarian assistance for Pakistan as satellite images show high levels of flooding along the Indus River as well as the cities of ...

Last week, the United Nations said in a statement that it has allocated $3 million for UN aid agencies and their partners in Pakistan to respond to the floods and this money will be used for health, nutrition, food security and water and sanitation services in flood-affected areas, focusing on the most vulnerable. The United Nations will launch an international appeal for Pakistani flood victims on Tuesday in Islamabad. Some people say they got tents but not food.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Farah Naureen, Mercy Corps' country director for Pakistan, about relief efforts in the region after catastrophic flooding.

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Torrential monsoon rains have triggered flash floods across Pakistan, leaving more than 6 million people, including 3 million children, in need of ...

The destruction of schools means children can lose safety and routine. Shattered infrastructure means families can lose access to adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities, leaving children even more susceptible to water-borne diseases. Pre-positioned supplies are essential items that are ready to be deployed from strategic locations at any moment, to bring timely relief to an emergency anywhere in the world. The risk of waterborne diseases is high, including cholera. At the onset of an emergency – whether it’s a conflict or a natural disaster – UNICEF is capable of delivering pre-positioned life-saving supplies within 72 hours from a network of supply hubs around the world. We need your urgent support to help save lives.

Heat and drought in some places, with record rains in others. And note, an Atlantic storm is starting to brew...

And note, an Atlantic storm is starting to brew ... While you can rescue people stranded by flooding, building back the infrastructure destroyed by the flooding will take months and even years. Imagine a third of your nation being under water!

Unprecedented flash floods caused by historic monsoon rains have washed away roads, crops, infrastructure and bridges, killing at least 1,000 people in recent ...

"Our carbon footprint is lowest in the world," he said. The Chinese government said on Monday it will provide additional humanitarian aid, including $300,000 in cash and 25,000 tents. "I think it is going to be huge. Iqbal also said the world owed Pakistan, which was a victim of climate change caused by the "irresponsible development of the developed world." However, Iqbal said any formal requests for financial help would need to wait until the scale of the damage was known, something Pakistan was now evaluating with partners, including the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. Tens of thousands of families have left their homes for safer places, moved in with their relatives, or to state-run camps, while others have been spending nights in the open, waiting for help including tents, food and medicine.

Seventy-five people have died in Pakistan over the last 24 hours due to severe weather, further devastating a country that's experiencing historic ...

In the last day, 59 people were injured and more than 58,000 homes destroyed due to monsoon rains and flooding, the National Disaster Management Authority said. In a statement, the climate minister called the flooding a "climate-induced humanitarian disaster of epic proportions." About one-third of Pakistan is under water, the country's federal minister for climate change, Sherry Rehman, wrote on Twitter Monday, saying in an interview that Pakistan is experiencing a "climate catastrophe."

Deadly floods that threaten to engulf up to a third of Pakistan by the end of the monsoon season have caused more than $10 billion in damages, according to ...

"Our needs assessment showed that we are already seeing a major increase in cases of diarrhea, skin infections, malaria and other illnesses," she said. The floods have also destroyed key infrastructure including more than 130 bridges and nearly half a million homes, according to NDMA. The funds earmarked for release by the IMF on Monday are part of a 2019 bailout agreement to "put Pakistan's economy on the path of sustainable and balanced growth," according to the IMF.

The Pakistani military and volunteers are desperately trying to evacuate many thousands of people stranded by flooding driven by 'monster monsoons.'

Pakistan charities were also active in flood-stricken areas, and the government says everyone should contribute to help flood victims. aid agencies and their partners in Pakistan to respond to the floods and that the money would be used for health, nutrition, food security, and water and sanitation services in flood-affected areas, focusing on the most vulnerable. Floods and rains have caused devastation in Pakistan at a time when the country is facing one of its worst economic crises. He appealed to Pakistanis living abroad to generously donate to the flood victims. He said he could not rebuild his home without government help, and right now he was unable to work to get food for his family. But release of the $1.7-billion tranche has been on hold since earlier this year, when the IMF expressed concern about Pakistan’s compliance with the deal’s terms under Cargo planes from Turkey and the United Arab Emirates began the international effort to assist the impoverished nation, landing Sunday in Islamabad carrying tents, food and other daily necessities. Sharif has said the government would provide housing to all those who lost their homes. The United Nations will launch an international appeal for Pakistani flood victims on Tuesday in Islamabad, the capital. Even if I go out in search of a job, who will give me any job as there is water everywhere?” said Rehmat Ullah in Charsadda. Qamar Javed Bajwa, the country’s military chief, said Sunday that his country may take years to recover. He said planes carrying aid from some countries have already reached Pakistan, and he predicted more would come.

Calling the deadly rainfall and flash floods “apocalyptic,” Pakistan's climate minister called on global partners to scale up their emissions efforts.

[said ](https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2022/08/29/pr22293-imf-executive-board-completes-reviews-of-extended-fund-facility-pakistan)this week it would release $1.1 billion to the country. Officials spent the past week [appealing for international aid](https://twitter.com/CMShehbaz/status/1562861563467296769?s=20&t=SaLW6Ttljxlf7zT_v90kVA). [struck ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08/22/dallas-texas-flash-floods/?itid=lk_inline_manual_10)the Dallas-Fort Worth area. [Last month](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/07/29/kentucky-stlouis-flood-climate-explainer/?itid=lk_inline_manual_10), a record-breaking deluge swept through St. Agency for International Development](https://www.usaid.gov/news-information/press-releases/aug-16-2022-united-states-providing-immediate-humanitarian-assistance-response-flooding-pakistan) said earlier this month that it is providing $100,000 in humanitarian assistance. Higher temperatures [mean ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/08/23/flood-united-states-climate-explainer/?itid=lk_inline_manual_8)more water in the air: For every degree of warmer temperature, the air can hold about 4 percent more water. Outside the United States, a state in [Australia ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/07/05/australia-flooding-sydney-record-rainfall/?itid=lk_inline_manual_10)observed about 28 inches of rain last month, while record rainfall in [ South Korea](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/08/seoul-floods-south-korea/?itid=lk_inline_manual_10) tore up parts of the capital, Seoul, this month. Last year, massive floods killed more than 150 people in [Europe](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/07/16/europe-flooding-deaths-germany-belgium/?itid=lk_inline_manual_10). [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-29/floods-ravage-pakistan-passing-1-000-dead-10-billion-in-damage?sref=wINQCNXe#xj4y7vzkg). [said](https://twitter.com/sherryrehman/status/1564259863508799498) on Twitter. [said](https://twitter.com/sherryrehman/status/1564225435386482689) Monday. [growing number of extreme weather events](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/29/global-extreme-weather-events-climate-change/?itid=lk_inline_manual_8) around the world is due to the planet’s rising temperatures, weather experts say.

That money is aimed to help the cash-strapped economy avoid defaulting on its debts. The unprecedented flash floods caused by historic monsoon rains have killed ...

You can also get in touch in the following ways: Please include your name, age and location with any submission. Please get in touch by emailing: Do you have family or friends in the region? "I think it is going to be huge. If you are reading this page and can't see the form you will need to visit the mobile version of the [terms & conditions](http://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/terms/)and [privacy policy](http://www.bbc.co.uk/usingthebbc/privacy-policy/) [In a statement on the $1.1bn bailout](https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2022/08/29/pr22293-imf-executive-board-completes-reviews-of-extended-fund-facility-pakistan), IMF deputy managing director Antoinette Sayeh said: "Pakistan's economy has been buffeted by adverse external conditions, due to spillovers from the war in Ukraine, and domestic challenges, including from accommodative policies that resulted in uneven and unbalanced growth." He also called on richer countries to help Pakistan financially as he said it was a victim of climate change, which had been caused by the "irresponsible development of the developed world". On Monday, the country's climate change minister Sherry Rehman described the situation as a "climate-induced humanitarian disaster of epic proportions." Mr Iqbal said the country would face serious food shortages in the coming weeks and months and believed that the floods were worse than those that hit Pakistan in 2010, the deadliest in the country's history which left more than 2,000 people dead. Pakistan's planning minister says early estimates show the devastating floods that hit the country have caused at least $10bn (£8.5bn) of damage.