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world news Dialuna 29 augustus 2022

Pakistan flooding deaths pass 1,000 in 'climate catastrophe'

ISLAMABAD (AP) — western Khyber Pakhtunkh- "closeness to the populations country. The Pakistani army if visited flooding victims in
Deaths from widespread wa province, where tens of of Pakistan struck by flooding also said in a statement it air- city of Jafferabad in Baluch-
flooding in Pakistan thousands of people — espe- of disastrous proportions.'' lifted a 22 tourists trapped in istan. He vowed the govern-
topped 1,000 since mid- cially in the Charsadda and Speaking during a pilgrim- a valley in the country's north ment would provide housing
June, officials said Sunday, Nowshehra districts — have age to the Italian town of to safety. to all those who lost their
as the country's climate been evacuated from their L'Aquila, which was hit by a homes.
minister called the deadly homes to relief camps set deadly earthquake in 2009, Prime Minister Shabaz Shar-
monsoon season "a serious up in government buildings. Francis said he was praying
climate catastrophe." Many have also taken shelter "for the many victims, for
on roadsides, said Kamran the injured and the evacu-
Flash flooding from the Bangash, a spokesperson for ated, and so that international
heavy rains has washed away the provincial government. solidarity will be prompt and
villages and crops as soldiers generous."
and rescue workers evacu- Bangash said some 180,000
ated stranded residents to people have been evacuated Rehman told Turkish news
the safety of relief camps and from Charsadda and 150,000 outlet TRT World that by
provided food to thousands from Nowshehra district vil- the time the rains recede, "we
of displaced Pakistanis. lages. could well have one fourth or
one third of Pakistan under
Pakistan's National Disas- Khaista Rehman, 55, no rela- water."
ter Management Authority tion to the climate minister,
reported the death toll since took shelter with his wife and In May, Rehman told BBC
the monsoon season began three children on the side Newshour that both the
earlier than normal this year of the Islamabad-Peshawar country's north and south
— in mid- June — reached highway after his home in were witnessing extreme
1,061 people after new fatali- Charsadda was submerged weather events because of
ties were reported across dif- overnight. rising temperatures. "So in
ferent provinces. north actually just now we
The unprecedented mon- are ... experiencing what is
Sherry Rehman, a Pakistani soon season has affected all known as glacial lake out-
senator and the country's four of the country's prov- burst floods which we have
top climate official, said in a inces. Nearly 300,000 homes many of because Pakistan is
video posted on Twitter that have been destroyed, numer- home to the highest number
Pakistan is experiencing a ous roads rendered impass- of glaciers outside the polar
"serious climate catastrophe, able and electricity outages region."
one of the hardest in the de- have been widespread, affect-
cade." ing millions of people. The government has de-
ployed soldiers to help civil-
Flooding from the Swat Riv- Pope Francis on Sunday ian authorities in rescue and
er overnight affected north- said he wanted to assure his relief operations across the

Notting Hill Carnival returns to London streets after hiatus

LONDON (AP) — The ebrates Caribbean culture at don's Notting Hill neighbor- west London. been performing at the carni-
annual Notting Hill Car- the end of August every year, hood. val for decades.
nival has returned to the had to take place online for Crowds of young children "Since the band has started,
streets of London for two years due to the corona- The event has grown from a blowing whistles danced I'm on my fifth generation
the first time since 2019, virus pandemic. festival drawing several hun- down the streets with their of people and there's been a
with more than 1 million dred people to a huge an- parents on Sunday, tradition- lot of changes," he said. "But
people expected to take The carnival traces its history nual street party, with tens of ally a more family-friendly our members look forward
in the music, spectacular back to 1958, when Trinida- thousands of performers in day than Monday. Some chil- to carnival every year and
parades, dancing and food dian human rights activist the colorful parade and more dren stood on the doorsteps practice takes place regularly
offerings at Europe's larg- Claudia Jones began organiz- than 30 sound systems. of their houses waving Jamai- from year to year."
est street party on Sunday ing a gathering to unify the Celebrations began on Satur- can flags.
and Monday. community after a series of day night, as more than 1,000 "A lot of people have been
racially motivated attacks on people gathered to watch a Pepe Francis heads the Ebony waiting for it to come back,"
The carnival, which cel- West Indians in west Lon- steel band competition in Steelband Trust, which has Francis added.