Pakistan has received higher-than-normal monsoon rainfall this year, triggering floods and mudslides that have killed more than 540 people since June 26.

A deluge of rain triggered floods and landslides, sweeping people away and flooding and destroying homes, officials said.

Severe monsoonal flooding has caused widespread devastation across Pakistan, destroying homes and sweeping away entire villages.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif took the stage at the United Nations General Assembly to highlight the devastating floods ravaging his country and placing more than 33 million people at risk. The newly appointed leader used his platform to draw global attention to the climate disaster unfolding across Pakistan.

Pakistan has been grappling with widespread torrential rains in almost all parts of the country that have wreaked havoc and left over 700 people dead and hundreds injured. The deluge crippled the already dilapidated infrastructure, damaging houses, roads, and commercial centres.

More than 20 people have died in a fresh spell of monsoon rain in Pakistan, the country’s disaster management agency said on Wednesday. Torrential downpours across Pakistan over the past week have caused flooding and landslides that swept away entire villages,

Heavier than usual rains and sudden cloudbursts during this monsoon season kill more than 300 people in recent days.