People in southern Pakistan face yet more devastation after record floods blamed on climate change submerged a third of the country, killing more than 1,100 people. A surge of water is now flowing down the Indus river, threatening communities in southern Sindh province. Local officials say 1.2 million people have been displaced in Dadu district in Sindh, where hundreds of villages are submerged – and there is still more water coming.

Mudslides and flood waters are travelling down from the mountains towards villages in this district. The military is evacuating the stranded by plane and many others by boat. Thousands more are still on the flood path and need to be moved – but there isn’t much time. An official who is part of the operations on the ground tells me they’ve been working in the region for a month now.(BBC’)…[+]