The Latest Breaking News from Flood

“Literally a third of the country is under water,” Pakistan’s Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman warned this week, after the death toll from the nation’s devastating floods topped 1,100 after record monsoon rains. The torrential downpours come after a series of heat waves, highlighting Pakistan’s vulnerability to climate change.

Not long ago, Sara Khan, principal at a school for disadvantaged girls in Jacobabad in southern Pakistan, looked on in alarm as some students passed out from the heat - the city was the world's hottest at one point in May.

Residents in southern Pakistan used sandbags to shield their homes from surging floodwaters that inundated a major highway on Wednesday, as global aid began arriving with food, medicine and tents to help alleviate a major national disaster.

Pakistani flood survivors recount how the surging waters were like nothing they had ever seen before, striking their homes swiftly and brutally

More than 1,100 people have been killed in flooding described by Pakistan PM Shebaz Sharif as worst in country’s history

Brisbane City Council will begin talks to buy back the homes of 16 residents impacted by February's floods after frustrations over delays in providing funds for rebuilding.

The United Nation's Antonio Guterres has warned that Pakistan is facing a 'monsoon on steroids' after over 1,000 people have been killed in the flooding since June

The flood level will continue to rise till Sept. 4, as per CWC

One-third of the country is under water, the result of what U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called a "monsoon on steroids." He referred to the flooding as a "climate catastrophe."