In this particularly poor area of south-east Pakistan, several towns and villages are still under water nearly three months after the monsoon rains this summer which caused widespread and massive flooding. As Mediapart's Nejma Brahim reports from the province, poverty and illness are rife among those left homeless, some of whom feel abandoned to their fate.
President Emmanual Macron on Wednesday visited villages close to the Riviera in south-east France which were hit by exceptionally heavy rainfall last weekend when flash floods left four people dead and around 20 others still missing, with many homes and much of the local transport infrastructure destroyed.
Three rescue workers died on Sunday night when their helicopter crashed for unknown reasons as they took part in emergency assistance missions over south-east France, where torrential rainfall and flooding caused the deaths by drowning of three other people.
At least 10 people are reported to have died in flash flooding in the Languedoc region of southern France where very heavy rainfall fell for an unusually long period overnight Sunday, with waters reaching a high of seven metres in some places.
Heavy rainfall is now threatening several French regions with flooding, including the French capital and outlying areas as the River Seine is forecast to reach or surpass the level that incurred serious damage in June 2016.
Red flood alerts were eased on Sunday as clean-up operations began in parts of north and central France with damage to rail network described as 'catastrophic'.
The floods have hit towns and villages from the north-central loiret region to the Channel coast, while in Paris the river Seine has spilled over its banks.
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