Sunday, September 11, 2011

20 million people affected in Sindh's floods, await help from the World

A Pakistani flood affected young girl eats food at a makeshift camp in Khoski Goth in the Badin district, some 140kms east of Karachi on August 18, 2011. Devastating rains have triggered floods in southern Pakistan, affecting at least 700,000 people and forcing 60,000 from their homes, officials said. Villages have been flooded and crops destroyed in Pakistan's bread basket of Sindh province, one of the worst-hit areas in the unprecedented floods of 2010 that affected 21 million people and caused losses of $10 billion.

A Pakistani flood victim sits with her child at a makeshift medical camp in Khoski Goth in the Badin district, some 140kms east of Karachi on August 18, 2011. Devastating rains have triggered floods in southern Pakistan, affecting at least 700,000 people and forcing 60,000 from their homes, officials said. Villages have been flooded and crops destroyed in Pakistan's bread basket of Sindh province, one of the worst-hit areas in the unprecedented floods of 2010 that affected 21 million people and caused losses of $10 billion.

According to Pakistani government data the floods directly affected about 20 million people, property, livelihood and infrastructure, with a death toll of close to 2,000. They still wait for aid Jampur Sindh, Pakistan. 12th July 2011

According to Pakistani government data the floods directly affected about 20 million people, property, livelihood and infrastructure, with a death toll of close to 2,000. 
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