(7 Sep 2022)
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Mehar Tehsil, Dadu Sindh district - 7 September 2022
1. Volunteers from Al-Khidmat foundation in boat
2. Volunteers rescuing man in water
3. Various of houses submerged in floodwater
4. Floodwater being moved by boat
5. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Kora Khan, 45-year-old resident:
"We were stuck in the area due to the floodwater. I lost my house and everything I had there. Only this pair of clothes I am wearing is left with me. These people came and rescued me. My donkey cart is also stuck there. I don't know where to go."
6. People stranded in water
7. Volunteers rescuing stranded people
8. Various of villagers and volunteers in boat
9. People stranded in water
10. Volunteers rescuing stranded people
11. Tracking shot of mosque submerged in water
12. Boat moving in floodwater
13. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Muhammad Ilyas, Al-khidmat foundation representative:
"Due to the flooding in the last ten days in this area of Mehar, most of the villages are totally destroyed (flooded) now. People are still stranded and there are some casualties too. We are trying do do our best and rescue these stranded people, but there are more."
14. Various of villagers in boat
15. Various of villagers getting off boat
16. Various of villagers on dry land
STORYLINE:
Pakistani volunteers fanned out in boats on Wednesday across the country's inundated Sindh province to rescue those stranded in the flood-hit town of Mehar Tehsil.
This comes as the nation struggles with unprecedented flooding which has affected 3.3 million people and caused 1,343 deaths since mid-June.
Volunteers are part of a massive operation that was launched by Pakistan with help from the military last month after floods triggered by monsoon rains submerged one-third of Pakistan, destroying crops, damaging homes, toppling bridges and washing away hundreds of kilometres of roads across the country.
Despite being alerted by the government that floods were going to hit them, many residents did not take the warning seriously as they believed that it would not reach their cities, towns or villages.
It trapped people when floods hit their areas and Mehar Tehsil was not an exception.
Now volunteers with boats randomly go into inundated villages, looking for stranded flood victims.
Rescuers, troops and volunteers have evacuated 177,265 people since floods started inundating different parts of Pakistan, killing 1,343 people and injuring 12,720 others.
Floods have affected 3.3 million people and more than 600,000 people are living at relief camps set by Pakistan and aid agencies.
AP video shot by Muhammad Manaf
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