On September 11, local time, after the UN Secretary-General Guterres concluded his two-day visit, Pakistani Prime Minister Shabazz Sharif thanked the UN Secretary-General for his unprecedented support to the flood victims in Pakistan on social media. He also said the visit was crucial to raising awareness of human tragedy.
On August 30, local time, in Bahrain, Pakistan, people used various methods to cross the fast-flowing river.
Data show that heavy rains and floods caused damage to 5,063 kilometers of roads and 243 bridges across Pakistan, and more than 1.05 million houses collapsed or partially destroyed.
During the two-day visit, UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited flood-affected areas and stressed the need for developed countries to aid Pakistan, which is affected by climate change.
Since mid-June, the death toll from floods in Pakistan's Sindh province has continued to increase, rising to 621 as of the 11th.
At present, the province is still under flood control pressure. On the one hand, the local government has opened a flood diversion incision on Lake Menchel, the country's largest freshwater lake, which has a huge threat, allowing the floodwater to flow to the Indus River and lower the lake level.
On the other hand, a new flood-fighting plan was launched for the city of Dadu, which may be hit by Lake Menchel, using heavy machinery along the embankment of the canal to build a ring of dykes as high as 15 feet to protect the densely populated city.
Over the past few days, more than 50 villages have been submerged, 150 kilometers of land around Lake Menchel, hundreds of villages have been submerged in water, a small airport has been closed, and people in the affected areas are being evacuated to safer places.
In other affected areas, people are strengthening embankments to prevent more floodwaters from entering.
And in Cape Province in northern Pakistan, local nonprofits restored 124 water points for clean drinking water and accelerated repairs to flood-affected homes.
(Headquarters reporter Cui Ru)