The IRC is providing cash assistance and other support to thousands of displaced people in Pakistan's Punjab and Sindh after recent flash floods affected nearly 1.8 million people.
Recent flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains have claimed more than 200 lives and displaced nearly 1.8 million people in 5,600 villages across northern and southwestern Pakistan.
According to the country’s natural disaster management authority, widespread flooding along the Indus River has damaged or destroyed nearly 5,800 houses and inundated thousands of acres of farmland, leaving many people starving.