US pledges full support to Pakistan in mitigating sufferings of flood affectees  

Islamabad, The Gulf Observer: The United States have pledged full support to Pakistan in mitigating the sufferings of the flood affectees.
 
The assurance was given by a US Congressional delegation, headed by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee during a meeting with Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman in Islamabad Monday.
 
The delegation comprised of Congressman Tom Souzzi, Congressman Al Green and US Ambassador Donald Blome. The delegation expressed solidarity with the people of Pakistan and great concern on the devastation wreaked by the ‘Monster Monsoon’, promising full support to Pakistan in these trying times.
 
Federal Minister Sherry Rehman, while explaining the ongoing relief efforts, said: “The devastation on ground is much more than we have ever encountered even in the 2010 floods. This time, however, we are unable to find dry ground to land our helicopter sorties providing relief. We had a cataclysmic start to the year, with temperatures reaching 53 degrees in Sindh followed by heatwaves and 3 times the normal amount of GLOFs.