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Pakistan Floods Affect 12 Million People

August 06, 2010

Pakistan's disaster management agency has said that the country's worst floods in its history have affected 12 million people.

Nadeem Ahmed, chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority, said that figure only applied to the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and central Punjab provinces.

Figures from the southern Sindh Province were not yet available.

Strong rainstorms have swollen the Indus River -- raising concerns about severe flooding during the next 48 hours in the densely populated southern province of Sindh.

Earlier today, authorities issued a red alert for extreme flooding in the agricultural south, with a half million people being evacuated.

The United States has pledged more than $35 million in emergency aid to help Pakistan cope with its worst flooding in 80 years.

compiled from agency reports

Source: http://www.rferl.org/content/Pakistan_Floods_Affect_12_Million_People/2120736.html

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