secunder kermani, bbc news, nowshera.w a food crisis is water and down below a food crisis i , water and down below a food crisis is brewing in pakistan and kilometres _ is brewing in pakistan and kilometres of _ is brewing in pakistan and kilometres of connecting l is brewing in pakistan and - kilometres of connecting roads is brewing in pakistan and _ kilometres of connecting roads have been washed away by heavy floods and motorways the drug cues are so long they disappear into the horizon but they disappear into the horizon but they need it —— the truck queues. when the aid arrives the need is so great, people fight for it, and it is not only people that have been hit by the floods. the government says 80% of livestock has been killed, and for those who depend on agriculture, it is a new threat, the threat of starvation. translation: the field has been expensive and i have two cell four of them to buy food for the rest. it was a hard decision but i need to keep them alive and if i don't, i won't survive. alive and ifi

secunder kermani, bbc news, nowshera. and we will speak to secun in a moment. pakistan is linked to the climate crisis? extreme flooding can be caused or exacerbated by higher global temperatures. in fact, for every one degree of warming, air can hold around 7% more water vapour. if the geography is right, the air cooling over mountain ranges for example, the vapour falls as excess rain. in the case of pakistan, in the sindh province alone, there's been nearly 800% more rainfall than in a normal monsoon season. no wonder experts believe pakistan is eighth in the list of countries most at risk from climate change. well, our correspondent secunder kermani is in islamabad for us this evening. i'm just trying to make the link with the climate crisis, but presumably what you have been reporting on, there is much more to it thanjust climate? reporting on, there is much more to it than just climate?— it than 'ust climate? look, george, the it than just climate? look, george, the picture — it than just climate? look, george, the picture is _ it than just climate? look,

secunder kermani, bbc news, nowshera. everywhere you look, there is still water.of connecting roads have been washed away by heavy floods. the truck queues are so long they disappear into the horizon. they help keep life moving, delivering food, petrol, and even aid. people fight for it. inaudible. when the aid does arrive, the need is so great, people fight for it. and it's not only people that have been hit by the floods. 80% of livestock has been killed. for those who depend on agriculture, the threat of starvation. translation: the food has been expensive since the flood started, and i have to sell four of them just to buy food for the rest. it was a hard decision, but i need to keep them alive. if i don't, i won't survive. it's not only animal feed that has gone up — food prices, too. it is unaffordable for many people. across the road from the buffaloes, we meet this cotton farmer. theirfamily of 15 live in this tent. their crops were all lost to water. "we were farmers back home, and now everything is gone," she tells me. "we don't even have food for the ch

secunder kermani, bbc news, nowshera. everywhere you look, there is still water. pakistan. the truck queues are so long they disappear into the horizon. they help keep life moving, delivering food, petrol, and even aid. when the aid does arrive, the need is so great fight for it. the government estimates that 80% of livestock has been killed. translation: the food has been expensive since the flood started, and i have to sell four of them just to buy food for the rest. it was a hard decision, but i need to keep them alive. if i don't, i won't survive. it's not only animal feed that has gone up — food prices, too. across the road from the buffaloes, we meet this cotton farmer. herfamily of 15 live in this tent. their crops were all lost to water. "we were farmers back home, and now everything is gone," she tells me. "we don't even have food for the children. "some days, they sleep hungry. "life is difficult," she says. many of the people here are farmers. they work every day for long hours, taking care of their land. it's something they take great pride in. but whe

secunder kermani, bbc news, nowshera.where you look, stillwater, the crisis to bring in pakistan. the key is her so long they disappear into the horizon. but they have not broken down. it is the country's roads that are broken. they keep life moving delivering food, petrol and even aid. with kilometres of connecting roads gone, deliveries have stalled. the few supplies that are making it to people are gone within minutes. the floods have also taken people's livelihoods. buffalo farming is big business in rural pakistan, and so food is not only needed for people but, for some, the concern is keeping their prized animals alive. translation: the food has been expensive _ animals alive. translation: the food has been expensive since _ animals alive. translation: the food has been expensive since the - animals alive. translation: the food has been expensive since the flood - has been expensive since the flood started. and i have to sell four of them just to buy food for the rest. it was a hard decision but i need to keep them

secunder kermani, bbc news, nowshera.ewing and stand when the aid does arrive, the need is so great fight for it. not only people that have been hit by the floods. the government estimates that 80% of livestock has been killed. translation: isa is a hard decision but i need to keep them alive. if i don't, i will survive. to keep them alive. ifi don't, i will survive.— i will survive. but it's not “ust i will survive. but it's not just animal— i will survive. but it's not just animal feed - i will survive. but it's not just animal feed that's i i will survive. but it's not - just animal feed that's become expensive. basic food is increased, too, making it unaffordable for many people. across the road from the buffaloes, we met this family of 15 living in a tent. "we were farmers back home and now everything is gone." some days the children don't eat it all. they said they would have a way of looking out for themselves. on this dirt road to nowhere, the people can go for days without eating. for many of this families, food

now let's go to north pakistan. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani in the town of nowshera.f pakistan's busiest motorways, a makeshift camp. poor families forced from their homes, floodwater submerging everything they own. "i'm in so much pain, i can't even express it," says this woman. "we've even lost our honour. where else can we go?" wading through the suburbs of the northern city of nowshera, families trying to reach their homes. "we haven't been able to get to our house. just look at the road," says this woman. "how can we get there? no—one is helping us." this man, a chef, hasjust returned to his home for the first time. will you be able to buy all of these things again, rebuild this house? "no," he says, "i'm just asking god to help us get enough food for now. we've got nothing left. we couldn't save anything, just our children's lives. look at all of this." floods happen during the monsoon here every year, but not like this. next, let's go to punjab province in central pakistan. the bbc�*s tarhub asghar visited a medical camp there. he is in this camp... translation

our correspondent secunder kermani is in the northern city of nowshera and sent this update.that's because the water levels might still be high, up to my knee, here, and in fact, further down, i'm told they're coming all the way up to your neck. but if you look at the wall over there, that mark shows you the high point that it had reached. so, people are now trying to get inside their homes, salvage what their homes, salvage what they can, see what kind of damage is being done. millions of people had been left homeless in this country. bridges, roads have been badly damaged as well. livelihoods have been lost, possessions have been lost. it's going to cost pakistan billions of dollars to try and recover from these floods. there are heavy monsoon rains here every year but they don't have anywhere near this kind of an impact. we know that climate change is making extreme weather patterns more common so in the future unfortunately, pakistan is likely to be confronted with more scenes like these. the figures we are talking about here are quite astonishing. at least 1,000 people h

we've just reciecved this report from our correspondent secunder kamani from the northern city of nowshera has been done. millions of people have been left homeless in this country. bridges and roads have been badly damaged as well. livelihoods have been lost. possessions have been lost. it's going to cost pakistan billions of dollars to try and recover from these floods. there are heavy monsoon rains here every year, but they don't have anywhere near this kind of an impact. and we know that climate change is making extreme weather patterns more common. so in the future, unfortunately, pakistan is likely to be confronted with more scenes like these. at least 20 people have been killed overnight in serious violence in the iraqi capital, baghdad. supporters of the powerful shia cleric moqtada al—sadr stormed a government palace after he said he would quit politics. the un has called for calm describing the fighting as a dangerous escalation. let's talk now to sajad jiyad, a fellow at century international and director of the shia politics working group. he's an iraqi political analyst. befor