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Pakistan grapples with dual flood crisis from rain and glacial melt

A new low-pressure system in India is expected to bring more rain, and the high temperatures also are causing glacial melt.

Pakistan Red Crescent volunteers help people stranded by heavy flooding.
Pakistan Red Crescent volunteers help people stranded by heavy flooding. (AN/PRCS)

More than 1.8 million people have been displaced by devastating floods in Pakistan that officials are calling the worst in Punjab province’s history.

The floods have affected all of Pakistan's provinces, though Punjab is the most impacted, as it is home to half of the nation's 250 million population.

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