Pakistan not to blame for climate crisis-fuelled flooding, says PM Shehbaz Sharif

Guterres said on Tuesday that south Asia was a hotspot for the climate crisis and the catastrophic flooding in Pakistan that had left tens of millions needing help was a warning to every nation of the destruction wreaked by human-caused global heating.

In Pakistan, the Balochistan and Sindh provinces have had more than four times the average rainfall of the last three decades.

Majid Ali Bughio, 30, left his home town in Sindh with 20 extended family members in the early morning on Monday after they heard of breaches in a nearby embankment.

The Indus highway in Sindh was submerged under two feet of water. The highway connects Sindh with the Punjab and Balochistan provinces.

A video shared by residents showed a coach that had slipped on the highway while water was flowing and authorities were involved in the rescue of passengers. Local people said there were no casualties.

The local media reported a rise in waterborne diseases in Sindh and other parts of Pakistan. In some parts of Sindh there had been a 100% increase in diseases.

The flooding has washed away bridges, roads, houses, livestock and people across the country.