How Pakistan can recover from deadly flooding

More than 33m people in the debt-ridden country have been affected by ‘monsoon on steroids’

A flood in Daddu district southern Sindh province, Pakistan
Flooding in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh
(Image credit: (Farhan Khan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images))

The death toll from unprecedented floods across more than a third of Pakistan has risen to at least 1,343, the country’s National Disaster Management Agency reported today.

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