Fodder dries up for Pakistan's cattle as floodwaters stay high

FILE PHOTO: Residents use a boat to transport their motorcycles amid floodwater, following rains and floods during the monsoon season, in Manjhand town, in Jamshoro, Pakistan, September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Yasir Rajput

DADU, Pakistan (Reuters) - Farmers stranded by unprecedented floods that have submerged huge swathes of Pakistan are running low on feed for their cattle, officials said on Tuesday, as airdropping supplies proved a difficult task.

The floods caused by record monsoon rains and glacial melt in northern mountains have affected 33 million people and killed almost 1,400, sweeping away homes, transport, crops and livestock in damage estimated at $30 billion.