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七月雨季時，罕見的大雨造成巴基斯坦有史以來最嚴重的水災。洪水從北部的Baluchistan省蔓延至整個印度河盆地，直達南部的Punjab和Sindh省。整個巴基斯坦甚至一度有五分之一的國土被大水淹沒。這場洪災直接影響的人口超過兩千萬人，有多達１，６００人因此喪生。房屋遭到毀損，農作物與牲畜也被洪水沖走。除此之外，還有數千公里的道路和鐵路被沖毀，使得巴國的基礎建設受到重創。
九月十三日，在Sindh省的一場救災行動中，災民爭先恐後的搶奪巴基斯坦軍方直升機空投的食物配給。這裡是洪水中受創最嚴重的省分。
Unusually heavy monsoon rains in July triggered the worst flood in Pakistan’s history. Beginning in the northern province of Baluchistan, the flood spread throughout the Indus River Basin to Punjab and Sindh in the south. At one point, around one fifth of the country’s total land mass was under water. Over 20 million people were directly affected by the floods with up to 1,600 killed, as homes were destroyed and crops and livestock were washed away. The country’s infrastructure was devastated as thousands of kilometers of roads and railways were destroyed.
Flood victims scramble for food rations in the downwash of a Pakistan army helicopter, during relief operations in Sindh, the worst-hit province, on 13 September.
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