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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Environment
Abid Hussain

‘Left with nothing’: Record floods devastate Pakistan province

Rescue workers help residents evacuate from a flooded area caused by heavy rains, in Balochistan's Lasbela district [File: Hamdan Khan/AP]

Islamabad, Pakistan – Naseebullah was having dinner with his four children last week when he heard some noise outside his house. Sensing danger, the 60 year old’s instincts as a former soldier kicked in.

A recent retiree from levies forces in Pakistan’s remote Balochistan province, Naseebullah rushed out of his small mud house in Muslim Bagh town – situated about 100km (62 miles) from Quetta, the provincial capital – only to hear a loud crash and the thunder of water gushing towards him.

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