“The death toll from Pakistan’s worst floods in living memory has exceeded 1,100 and rescue workers are struggling to save more than 27,000 people trapped.
“Officials on Sunday said that more than 1.5 million people have been affected by the floods, as bloated rivers washed away villages and triggered devastating landslides throughout the northwest of the country.
“They warned the death toll could go even higher as rescuers have been unable to access certain areas.
“Aerial monitoring is being conducted, and it has shown that whole villages have washed away, animals have drowned and grain storages have washed away,” Latifur Rehman, a spokesman for the Provincial Disaster Management Authority, said.
“The destruction is massive.”
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