say global warming has worsened the scale of the monsoon rains both nations are now suffering. Over the past week, heavy rains swelled three rivers that run through Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, causing widespread devastation in the country’s agricultural heartland. Entire towns have been submerged, Al Jazeera’s Kamal Hyder reported from Multan, Pakistan, on Sunday.

“The floods have left thousands of farms inundated. Valuable crops are lost,” he said, noting that the government was trying to offer relief to those affected. Mohammed Ajmal, a spokesperson for the Pakistan Markazi Muslim League, told Al Jazeera that the damage caused by the floods was “unimaginable”. “Our party … is working round the clock to help those affected around the country. This disaster is so vast that the government alone cannot tackle it,” he said. Meanwhile, Sobia Bibi, a flood survivor, spoke of the devastation the flooding has left in its wake: “In these floods, we lost everything: our homes, our crops – all that we worked for,” she said. “Help is limited, and there are too many of us in need. Our children are sitting under the open sky in the sun or in rain. We desperately need tents to protect them.” During the rescue efforts, a boat carrying people to safety in eastern Pakistan flipped on Saturday when it struck an underwater object, killing a 70-year-old woman and four children, authorities confirmed on Sunday. (Aljazeera)