rains were seed, a quarter of pakistan could be underwater, packers of climate change. minister sherry raman has just returned from the worst affected regions and she gave us a 1st hand account of the devastation. well, as you can see, the image is a heartbreaking, it's not the sad part is it that it is not stopping. the rain is relentless. the water is coming down in buckets from a month to the sky and we have now in our it's leak in the south of the country where it is beginning, many districts are beginning to look like they're part of the ocean. our helicopter sorties are not finding dry land to drop, you know, rations, essential services. people on the roof and on bits of high ground. we've had to deploy the navy for the 1st time to operate in in the bucket. because much of it looks resembles a small ocean. so yes, it's quite devastating. it is a climate catastrophe. and very clear, because the whole of this year we have seen one after another cascade of one after another event, extreme weather event and a guest time that good after season. and that started lead to the in early march, l

but now i have to go and work in someone else's land because we can't make ends meet sherry raman, pakistan's minister for climate change said global warming was catastrophic for the country while the south facing drought and, and he overheating the notice facing flash floods in glacial met says a combination of what i call the, you know, it's, it's really a force multiplier climate change for pakistan. so we, yes, we are the ground 0, the heat wave game year. we had no spring. we went straight into a scorching summer. the country was, you know, not prepared for it. the monsoon, which usually last from june to september, is essential for irrigation crops and replenishing lakes and dams across the sub continent. but it also brings a wave of destruction each year. the villagers say no help from authorities had been forthcoming. climate change means a bleak outlook for farmers like sergeant ali the endangered siberian tiger is one of the largest wildcat species in the world near to really to russia. it is also found in some parts of northern china, but there are estimated to be only around $600.

the damage is already estimated to run into the billions and pakistan's climate change minister sherry raman joins me now from islam. i bought a festival. welcome to the program and a thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us. i understand that you've just come back from touring, the most effective parts of your country. what are the impressions you got there? well, as you can see, the image is a hard breaking. it's not the sad part is it that it is not stopping. the rain is relentless. the water is coming down in buckets from a merciless sky. and we have now in our 8th week, in the south of the country where it is beginning, many districts are beginning to look like they're part of the ocean. our helicopter sorties are not finding dry land to drop new rations essential services. people are marooned on bits of high ground. we've had to deploy the navy for the 1st time to operate in in the sun because much of it looks resembles a small ocean. so yes, it's quite devastating. it is a climate catastrophe. i'm very clear because the whole of this year we have seen one after another c