Pakistan Looks to Russian Wheat to Make Up for Flood-Hit Crops

Pakistan Looks to Russian Wheat to Make Up for Flood-Hit Crops
Satellite images reveal the extent of damage from Pakistan’s deadliest flooding in more than a decade. Officials put the blame on climate change as monsoon rains washed away villages, killing more than 1,000 people since mid-June. Illustration: Maxar Technologies/Reuters

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Pakistan said Tuesday that it was in talks with Russia over importing wheat, as it struggles to make up for crops and food stocks washed away by massive floods, which have killed more than 1,100 people.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appealed for the world to provide more help for Pakistan, saying there was a “yawning gap” between aid promised so far and the scale of the disaster.

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