Shocking Before And After Pictures Reveal Destruction Caused By Floods In Pakistan

Pakistan is battling with unprecedented floods that has displaced over 33 million people in the country. Described as the 'worst in country's history', the torrential rain since mid June has affected the normal life of people in the country.

Hundreds of villages in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province have been cut off by flood-swollen rivers washing away roads and bridges. As a consequence, authorities and charities are struggling to accelerate aid delivery to those affected.

Khairpur by boat. Most of Sindh is under water.The crops are gone,lives ruined, livelihoods wiped out, roads swept away, houses destroyed or barely standing. The Navy is also deployed in inland Sindh and Balochistan.Where to pump/drain the water? There¡¯s water everywhere. ?? pic.twitter.com/CuaIaP6hNH

¡ª SenatorSherryRehman (@sherryrehman) August 29, 2022

To lay bare the devastation caused by sudden flash floods caused by historic monsoon rains, before and after pictures of Pakistan have been released.

Rojhan

The images, from space technology firm Maxar Technologies, show homes and fields in Rojhan in Rajanpur District, Punjab, submerged after floods that have washed away roads, crops, infrastructure and bridges.

MAXAR

MAXAR

Some buildings have been entirely submerged or washed away. Army helicopters plucked stranded families and dropped food packages to inaccessible areas as the historic deluge, triggered by unusually heavy monsoon rains, destroyed homes, businesses, infrastructure and crops. An estimated 15 per cent (33 million) of the 220-million-strong South Asian nation have been affected so far.

Gudpur

In Gudpur, also in Punjab province, the satellite images captured by Maxar show what was once neatly-divided fields washed away by flowing water and mud.

MAXAR

MAXAR

Indus River

Pakistan's main rivers, the Indus and the Swat, are still swollen and the National Disaster Management Authority warned emergency services to be on maximum alert, saying floodwaters on Wednesday could cause further damage. Meteorologists have warned of more rains in the coming weeks.

This is a before and after from @Maxar published yesterday showing the devastating flooding in villages and fields along Pakistan¡¯s Indus River (location: 28.718, 70.066). Image on the right was taken Aug 28. pic.twitter.com/5Su7lYs0hZ

¡ª Reade Levinson (@readelev) August 29, 2022

Sindh province, with a population of 50 million, has been hardest hit, getting 466 per cent more rain than the 30-year average.

The Indus River, which flows down the middle of the country from its northern peaks to southern plains and through Sindh province, is flooded along almost its entire length. Properties and fields along the Indus have been completely inundated.

People crammed onto elevated highways, rail tracks

In the country's south and west, many Pakistanis have crammed onto elevated highways and railroad tracks to escape the flooded plains. A closer view of homes and fields before and during the flooding.

Heartbreaking to see a stretch of one of Pakistan¡¯s main motorways lined with the tents of people displaced by the floods (near Charsadda)

Many others are in government relief camps or staying with relatives pic.twitter.com/Nz3NJGHVd3

¡ª Secunder Kermani (@SecKermani) August 30, 2022

Pak appeals for international help

The disaster could not have come at a worse time for Pakistan, where the economy is in free fall. The government has declared an emergency appealing for international help.

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The United Nations launched a formal $160 million appeal on Tuesday to fund emergency aid. "Pakistan is awash in suffering. The Pakistani people are facing a monsoon on steroids -- the relentless impact of epochal levels of rain and flooding," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a video statement, calling it a "colossal crisis".