Special report: Devastating floods in Pakistan

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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“I have not seen destruction on this scale … it’s overwhelming.” Those are the words of Pakistan’s Foreign Minister after seeing the utter devastation in his country right now, as monsoon rains and floods have killed a staggering 1,100 people. Horrifying video shows towns completely inundated, with people desperately searching for shelter and food, as Anna Coren reports. Her report is followed by an interview with Pakistani Minister of State for Foreign Affair Hina Rabbani Khar. Also on today's show: James Crawford, author of The Edge of the Plain: How Borders Make and Break Our World; Julie Ha & Eugene Yi, co-directors of Free Chol Soo Lee; Rachel Crane, CNN Innovation and Space Correspondent. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:06.0	Unrelenting rains pound Pakistan taking more than 1,000 lives and destroying homes and livelihoods.
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