Pakistan flooding described as ‘apocalyptic,’ with more than 1,100 dead, thousands injured

Flooding from monsoon rain on an unimaginable scale has ravaged Pakistan, leaving more than 1,100 people dead and destroying villages, crops and livestock in a country dependent on agriculture.

The rains, combined with melting glaciers, have unleashed a devastating amount of water.

CNN posted satellite images of a new lake that’s formed — turning part of Sindh Province into an inland lake that’s 62 miles across. More than 3,500 people have been injured.

“One-third of Pakistan is inundated, as floods sweep through the country this summer. The catastrophic floods, resulting from monsoon rains that began in June, are unprecedented in scale and scope. So far, they have affected some 33 million people — about 14% of Pakistan’s population — causing death, damage, displacement and loss whose effects will be felt for months and years to come,” according to NPR.