Eight hundred people are now known to have been killed in the worst floods in Pakistan’s history as rescue workers attempted to reach thousands of people stranded by torrential monsoon rains, informs Aljazeera Sunday.
More than a million people had been affected by the floods on Saturday. Bloated rivers have washed away villages and triggered devastating landslides throughout the northwest of the country.
Vast swathes of farmlands have been destroyed, and entire cities have been cut off after being lashed by the heaviest rains in living memory.
Pakistani officials warned that more people could be affected as they expected river levels to continue to rise in coming days.
Officials warn that the death toll is almost certain to rise, as many areas of the country are inaccessible.
