Naseba's daughter was admitted to a hospital and wasn't regaining consciousness. Her mother sat by her bedside stroking her forehead as she waited for the girl to wake up. When they got back to their village, they also had this other challenge: The cemetery where most of the relatives were buried was submerged in water. "I could not say my word was I cannot control the water," Naseba said.
A few weeks into this year’s monsoon season in Pakistan, it became clear that the rains were unlike anything the country had experienced in a long time.
The resulting once-in-a-generation flood has marooned entire villages and killed 1,500 people, leaving a trail of destruction, starvation and disease.
Guest: Christina Goldbaum, an Afghanistan and Pakistan correspondent for The New York Times.
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