If you were wondering why Pakistani players were wearing black armbands during the India-Pakistan T20 match yesterday, it was to pay homage to the flood victims in their country. Here’s everything you need to know about the current situation in Pakistan.
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00:00Described as an extremely wet monsoon, this year's rainfall has been exceptionally harsh in Pakistan.
00:13This comes as a double whammy after the economic crisis under which the country is already reeling.
00:18More than half of Pakistan had submerged. Rain hadn't stopped in eight weeks,
00:22with rainfall being three times the normal amount.
00:25This prompted the government to declare a national emergency.
00:31According to Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, 33 million people had already been affected.
00:36This number was 13 million more than the number of people that were affected in the super floods
00:40of 2010, which were one of Pakistan's worst natural disasters. People lost all their
00:46belongings, streets became flooded, and plastic waste from sewage pipes surfaced.
00:51Thousands had been displaced, and more than a thousand people have died.
00:54Pakistan has more than 7,000 glaciers. This is the most number of glaciers in any country
00:59outside of polar regions. These glaciers are melting because of global warming.
01:04When they melt, they become lakes, and these lakes swell up with rainfall,
01:08causing flash floods. At least 16 such floods had ravaged the country by July.
01:13Cargo planes from UAE and Turkey arrived in Islamabad with tents, food, and daily-use items.
01:20Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority dispatched trucks carrying food,
01:25tent, and water for flood victims.
01:27The UK, USA, and UAE extended aid to help Pakistan deal with the floods,
01:32but officials said more funds were required.