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Devastation in Pakistan

Image: NASA
Image: NASA

Since June, at least 1,100 people have died in Pakistan in one of the most destructive monsoon seasons the country has seen in years. Large portions of the country are underwater, affecting more than 30 million people and leaving a trail of destruction in the wake of unusually heavy rains. This MODIS image of Sindh Province, taken at the end of August, shows how flooding and river overflow have created a 62-mile (100-kilometer) stretch of “lake” around the Indus River.

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