Rescuers in south-western Pakistan were scrambling on Wednesday to reach thousands of families stranded in their villages after the heaviest rains in recorded history lashed the South Asian nation, heightening concerns about climate change. Rescues were using army helicopters and boats to reach at least 50,000 families marooned in remote areas in the province of Balochistan after roads and bridges were destroyed by flash floods, provincial home minister Zia Langov said. Several days of monsoon rains have battered Balochistan and the country’s most populous southern city, Karachi, inundating st…

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