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Pakistan floods keep pushing south

Two men walk through what was recently a large rice field near Sukkur in Pakistan’s Sindh province.

Photo: Peter Biro/The IRC.

Pakistan floods push South

  • Two men walk through what was recently a large rice field near Sukkur in Pakistan’s Sindh province. Photo: Peter Biro/The IRC.
  • Two children living in a makeshift camp along a highway bridge in Sukkur, Sindh province. Nearly 20 million people have been affected by the floods, which now cover a fifth of the country. Photo: Peter Biro/The IRC.
  • People continue to stream into urban centers and camps. These men are packing up their families’ belongings as the flood water is rising in Sindh province. Photo: Peter Biro/The IRC.
  • An estimated 3.6 million people were homeless in Sindh province alone, with numbers expected to rise in coming days. These girls are sheltering with their families out in the open in Sukkur, Sindh. Photo: Peter Biro/The IRC.
  • A woman sheltering in a mosque on the outskirts of Sukkur. Photo: Peter Biro/The IRC.

The IRC's Peter Biro took these photos in the southernmost province of Sindh, where people continue to stream into urban centers and camps as the flood water rises.


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I am traveling with a team of IRC colleagues delivering aid in Pakistan, where 20 million people have been affected by monsoon floods which now cover a fifth of the country.

Here are some photos I took in the southernmost province of Sindh [map], where people continue to stream into urban centers and camps as the flood water rises.

An estimated 3.6 million people have been made homeless by the deluge in Sindh province alone, with numbers expected to rise in coming days.

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