Angelina Jolie makes surprise visit to flood-hit Pakistan

In this photo released by Pakistan’s National Flood Response Coordination Centre, Hollywood actress and U.N. humanitarian Angelina Jolie, second left, attends a meeting with Pakistan’s government and military officials about the damage caused by floods, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Jolie was given a briefing by Pakistan’s government and military officials on the flood damage. According to a statement released by the NFRCC, a military-backed emergency response center, Jolie said she will inform the world about the scale of devastation caused by the floods and climate change. (National Flood Response Coordination Centre via AP)

Hollywood actress and UN humanitarian ambassador Angelina Jolie has made a surprise visit to one of the worst flood-hit areas in southern Pakistan, officials said, as the death toll from months-long deluges rose to 1,559.

TV footage showed Jolie arriving at an airport in Karachi, the capital of southern Sindh province, where floods since mid-June have killed 692 people, damaged hundreds of thousands of homes and left half a million people homeless.