More than 33 million people affected. One-third of the country submerged（浸没）. The 2022 floods in Pakistan（巴基斯坦(南亚国家)） were devastating. The Foutasian state is responsible for less than 1% of global greenhouse（温室） gas emissions（(光、热等的)散发）, but it is disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change. Eighteen months after the heavy floods, many are still struggling（ 努力） to rebuild（重建） their lives. The night before the flooding started, we had everything.

  Today, all we have is our health. Nothing else remains. I'm worried about what will happen. Besides（而且prep除…之外） God, we don't expect help from anyone. I've gone to the government, but nobody does anything for us. The authorities have sounded the alarm bells.

  The dystopia has already come to our doorsteps. A lack of measures domestically（家庭式地）, as well as insufficient（不足的） international assistance（帮助）, continue to affect the most vulnerable（易受攻击的） communities in the country. By the afternoon, we had realized that the river level was rising. It wasn't unusual. We experienced that in the 2010 and 2020 floods as well. In 2020, we had left our area.

  But this time, we decided to stay. Later in the afternoon, we sent the children to another location. We waited for the water to recede（后退）. It had been raining for three to four days. By the evening, the water level was still increasing. We took shelter（隐蔽处） somewhere, and that's the last thing we remember.

  When we woke up the next day, both our hotel and our house were swept（扫） away by the flood. Syria is referred to as the Switzerland of the East. Tourism was the mainstay（支柱） of the economy. Around 90 to 95 percent of the people in Bahrain are currently jobless. Floods swept away everything. Between 10 to 20 employees were employed in our hotel.

  Today, I myself am jobless. Only me and my God knows how I'm surviving. In the floods, Ayaz lost his family business, a three-star hotel. The loss hit the family hard, and almost everyone had to make sacrifices（牺牲）. Our family's sole（唯一的） source of income（收入） was the hotel. My older brother was the co-owner along with my father, and we all used to run the business together.

  My younger brother, who studied for his master（主人）'s in economics（ 经济学）, has been unemployed for the last year or so. He's now leaving for Dubai. My youngest brother was studying accounting（说明）, but due to our financial situation, he had to quit his studies. The government announced financial assistance of 400,000 rupees, about 1,300 euros, to residents（居民） whose houses were destroyed. We often go to the bank, but we're told the Pakistan Disaster Management Authority is responsible for the payment. Then I go to the commissioner（理事）.

  Everyone sends me to another official（官员） or department. You can't do much with 400,000 rupees, but we would have gotten the feeling that our government cares about us. Sadly, that didn't happen. That's what I'm saying. 400,000 rupees are like pennies these days. Officials came and noted down our losses.

  We filed（把…归档） complaints. In the first three months, we completed the paperwork and were approved（赞成） for assistance（帮助）. For Ayers and the people of Savat, the situation may improve when the reconstruction（ 复兴） finishes, and tourists return to the area. But in many parts of the country, hope is diminishing（减少） fast.