Millions of people in Pakistan have been badly affected due to unprecedented floods, the worst in a decade, and are desperately in need of help as toll touched 1,136 on Tuesday. The unusually strong monsoon rains had already left a trail of disaster across Pakistan as the death toll in the country crossed the 1,000 mark on Monday.
A third of Pakistan is under water as a result of flooding caused by record monsoon rains, Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman said. She called it a 'crisis of unimaginable proportions. The minister termed the situation as 'monster monsoon of the decade'.
At least 1,136 have been killed due to floods and another 1,634 injured, according to the latest data issued by the National Disaster Management Authority, the chief national body tasked to deal with calamities on Tuesday.