we can cross live to islamabad and speak to our correspondent sahar baloch. is the latest? right now. the peeple _ sahar, what is the latest? right now, the people are _ sahar, what is the latest? right now, the people are waiting - sahar, what is the latest? iii grit now, the people are waiting for the relief efforts and rescue workers to reach them as many people are displaced from their homes at the moment the national disaster management authority has said that more than 33 million people affected by the recent floods. this all started injune when the rain started injune when the rain started happening more than required number of rains which usually happen in these areas. it started from baluchistan which is anyway one the least developed to parts of pakistan and from there it reached the khyber pakhtunkhwa and then on to the punjab. right now the prime minister is trying to appeal to international organisations to get as much aid as possible. 33 organisations to get as much aid as ossible. j:;: ., , ., , possible. 33 million people affected. — possible.

i spoke a short while ago to sahar baloch, from the bbc�*s urdu service, who's been following developmentsare expecting more rains. and as it is, the national disaster management authority has said that the next 2a hours are going to be dry, but they have still sent out a warning alerting different provinces that main rivers, especially the kabul river and the indus river, may get more flow of water in them. so in a way they have to be alerted and they have to remain on alert as well. and there is also evacuation happening at the same time. sindh is again bracing for another spill in its rivers due to the spillage coming from the northern areas. so there are efforts to basically alert the people and there are also evacuation processes happening. 350,000 people have been evacuated, but more is needed. more people have to be evacuated. this evacuation number that i gave you, this is from khyber—pakhtunkhwa province, where tourists are also stranded. and then there are other places like, for instance, balochistan and sindh. they remain the worst affected because they already were dealing with

our correspondent in islamabad, sahar baloch, told us more about the desperate situation people are facingational disaster authority has said that more than 33 million people affected by the recent floods. this all started injune is when the rain started happening for more than the required number of rains that usually happen in these areas. it started from baluchistan which is anyway one of the least developed parts of pakistan and then it reached two khyber pakhtunkhwa and from there to punjab so right now most of pakistan is drowning at the moment and the minister is trying to appeal to international organisations to give out as much aid to pakistan as possible. 33 million people affected, you say, that's 15% of million people affected, you say, that's15% of the population. how are you managing to get 80 people on that sort of scale? you are you managing to get 80 people on that sort of scale?— that sort of scale? you know, right now that aid _ that sort of scale? you know, right now that aid is _ that sort of scale? you know, right now that aid is also _ that sort of scale? you know, r

our correspondent in islamabad, sahar baloch, told us more about the desperate situation people are facingto reach them. as many people are displaced from their homes at the moment the national disaster management authority has said that more than 33 million people are affected by the recent floods. this all started injune when the rains started for more than the required number over rains that usually happen in these areas. it started from one of the least developed parts of pakistan and then carried on through the country. most of pakistan is now drowning. the prime ministers trying to appeal to international organisations to get out as much aid to pakistan as possible. it is also reaching in a very slow manner because much of these places, the road links have been totally cut off. most of the bridge is made in the pre—partition eire have also been destroyed so the roads are not there and there is a big network problem so communication is bad. people are trying on at their own. for instance, if someone is living in the capital, they are going with their friends to those places, nearby an

infrastructure has crumbled and almost half of the country's cotton crop has washed away. 0ur correspondent sahar balochnd came here because the waterjust refuses to leave their homes. if you days before, it rained over here, and until then the water has not rained out. so people have made makeshift tents and they have literally based themselves here. right now, the tents that they are using were given to them during the floods of 2010, 2011, so people were holding onto these and reusing them while they are waiting for people to provide help and aid. the pakistan army is providing relief, and apart from that, and other relief to the pakistani people. aircrafts have also reached karachi. it's a bit slow to come to the people, but it is on its way. the pakistan army came here with aid for the people. most of the aid being provided to the people are tents and some food and medicine, but these people want to move back to their homes. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. painting the town red in spain — the notorious tomatina festival returns after a covid—enforced absence. she

the bbc�*s sahar baloch has more on that.that the next week, the coming weeks are going to be a big trite but at the same time, all of those neighbouring areas and towns that are literally built right next to the river, that they be evacuated and so recently, they be evacuated and so recently, the province of pakistan evacuated on 50,000 people in there on the way to evacuate others living right next to evacuate others living right next to the river and so, the efforts are being made and the evacuations are in process but it's also a challenge to reach those people right now. next we'll focus on central pakistan. this drone footage is from punjab province. you can see the scale of the flooding. and you can see the damage from satellite pictures too. this is rajanpur in punjab province before. and now now. the devastation is close to total. and then this is the coe sulaiman mountain range — it stretches into south punjab. there's been a lot of flash flooding there. and only now some roads have been re—opened is aid starting to

our correspondent sahar baloch is in badin, in the south. you can see a line of tents behind me.rained over there, and since then, the water has not been drained out. so people have made makeshift camps over here and they have literally based themselves in this place. and right now, the tents that they are using are some of the tents that were given to them during the floods of 2010 and 2011. so these people were holding onto these tents and now they are reusing it, while they are sitting here waiting for government to come in and provide some help or aid to them. to some extent, the aid is coming. the pakistan army is providing relief. and then apart from that, the uae government has provided relief to the pakistani people. 38 aircrafts have also reached karachi and have given aid to pakistan's government. so it's a bit slow to come to the people, but it is on its way. what we have been told, because while i was standing here, there were two to three trucks of the pakistan army, with relief for the people, with aid for the people who came here. so most of the aid right now that