A young boy has been pulled to safety from flood waters in Pakistan via a bed frame and pulley system. The rescue in Swat was one of many extraordinary scenes across the country as it battles devastating floods. Pakistan’s army has carried out rescues from the deluge and been dropping food and water from the air to people still stranded. A Pakistani minister has called the country’s deadly monsoon season ‘a serious climate catastrophe’ and ‘a climate dystopia at our doorstep’ as officials said deaths from widespread flooding in the country had passed 1,000 since mid-June
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