Three friends and I went on vacation to Pakistan on the spur of the moment and walked into a disaster zone.
We weren’t being reckless; we had no idea what was to come as we made the easy journey along China’s famed Karakoram Highway and across the border into Pakistan’s remote Hunza Valley.
Isolated by flooding on arrival, we had no idea that the rest of Pakistan was drowning under the worst monsoons in memory. In the next valley over, and all the way down the Indus River, millions of acres were flooded, destroying the homes and livelihoods of 17.2 million people and killing more than 1,700, the government said.
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Besides the spillway work and some Chinese work crews and earthmovers, the government was nearly invisible between Attabad and the border. Schools, public-assistance foundations, vans, and even lifejackets on the boats bore the logo of the Aga Khan Foundation
More: Trapped by Flooding Disaster in Remote Valley That Pakistan Forgot: Travel – Bloomberg.
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