COLLEEN MCEDWARDS, WORLD NEWS: Parts of Pakistan are suffering under a severe drought. An estimated three million people are affected. The provinces of Baluchistan and Sind are the hardest hit. CNN's Hannah Block (ph) has more.</s>HANNAH BLOCK, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The sizzling heat of southern Pakistan is usually relieved by rain. But now, for the second year in a row, the rains have failed. The drought has hit the poorest of the poor, living in Pakistan's most remote and underdeveloped areas. At least 127 people have already died and thousands of animals have perished, endangering poor farmers' livelihoods. Thousands of people are fleeing the region in a desperate search for food and water.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): My livestock are dead, and those alive are not in good shape. My children have not taken food for the past few days now.</s>BLOCK: The government has launched a $37 million relief effort. Special trains have begun carrying emergency water supplies to the worst-hit areas. But for now, in this unforgiving landscape, little other relief is in sight. Hannah Block, CNN, Islamabad.
Pakistanis Suffering Through Severe Drought