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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Shah Meer Baloch in Pakistan and Matthew Taylor

Pakistan reels from floods: ‘We thought we’d die of hunger. Now we fear death from water’

People waist deep in water
Internally displaced people wade back towards their homes through floodwaters in the Dadu district of Sindh province. Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty

Farmer Ali Baksh stands on an embankment and points across the flooded landscape of Sindh province towards the spot where his fields used to be. He is sheltering in a makeshift camp accessible only by boat with more than 2,000 others forced to flee their homes when the floods hit.

“There was no rain a few months back and there was a severe shortage of water for crops. We prayed for rain. But when it rained, we became homeless and our crops were destroyed. We have nothing left … just oceans on roads, on farms and submerging our homes.”

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