Bayan
01-16-2023, 12:33 AM
A few weeks into this year’s monsoon season in Pakistan, it became clear that the rains were unlike anything the country had experienced in a long time.
The resulting once-in-a-generation flood has marooned entire villages and killed 1,500 people, leaving a trail of destruction, starvation and disease.
Guest: Christina Goldbaum (https://www.nytimes.com/by/christina-goldbaum?smid=pc-thedaily), an Afghanistan and Pakistan correspondent for The New York Times.
Background reading:
The flooding has crippled Pakistan’s agricultural sector (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/11/world/asia/pakistan-floods-food-crisis.html), threatening a food crisis and dealing another critical blow to a country already in the economic doldrums.
Farm laborers are scrambling to salvage whatever they can from the battered remains of their cotton and rice harvests. It is desperate work. (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/01/world/asia/pakistan-flood-farmers.html)
More than 33 million people have been displaced, with vast areas of Pakistan likely to take months to dry out (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/world/asia/pakistan-floods.html).
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily). Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
أكثر... (https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily)
The resulting once-in-a-generation flood has marooned entire villages and killed 1,500 people, leaving a trail of destruction, starvation and disease.
Guest: Christina Goldbaum (https://www.nytimes.com/by/christina-goldbaum?smid=pc-thedaily), an Afghanistan and Pakistan correspondent for The New York Times.
Background reading:
The flooding has crippled Pakistan’s agricultural sector (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/11/world/asia/pakistan-floods-food-crisis.html), threatening a food crisis and dealing another critical blow to a country already in the economic doldrums.
Farm laborers are scrambling to salvage whatever they can from the battered remains of their cotton and rice harvests. It is desperate work. (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/01/world/asia/pakistan-flood-farmers.html)
More than 33 million people have been displaced, with vast areas of Pakistan likely to take months to dry out (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/world/asia/pakistan-floods.html).
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily). Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
أكثر... (https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily)