"It is as if a neutron bomb exploded overhead, but instead of killing the people and leaving their houses intact, it piled trees upon the houses and swept away the villages and crops and animals, leaving the people alive.” That's from an account by Daniyal Mueenuddin, a prize-winning writer who practiced law in New York City but now lives on a farm in Pakistan's southern Punjab. We hear from him and others about the breadth of the disaster.
Pakistan Floods Spread Misery, Threaten Regional Security
Credits
Guests:
- Daniyal Mueenuddin - Mango farmer and writer, living in Pakistan
- Issam Ahmed - Correspondent, Christian Science Monitor
- Eric Schmitt - NY Times national security correspondent - @ericschmittNYT
- Christine Fair - Georgetown University - @CChristineFair