
Satellite images show Pakistan underwater after monsoon rains, floods | USA TODAY #Shorts
http://youtu.be/hHPCAdUxiSE More than 1,160 people have died in flash floods in Pakistan since mid-June when seasonal rains began, the country's government said. RELATED: Rescuer saves cat amid devastating Pakistan floods https://bit.ly/3Rt0woe About 100,000 square miles, or one-third of the country, are underwater, according to Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s climate minister. Flood damage is estimated at $10 billion, or 4% of the nation's gross domestic product, said planning minister Ahsan Iqbal. "Pakistan has never seen an unbroken cycle of monsoons like this," said Rehman on Twitter. "Eight weeks of non-stop torrents have left huge swathes of the country under water." Climate change is blamed as the cause of the heavy rain. Recent monsoons have started earlier and have been heavier tha...