Saturday, August 21, 2010

Pakistan's Flood Disaster Reaches 'Biblical Proportions'



Actual Pakistan Flood Death Toll Unknown -UN Envoy -- Reuters

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 20 (Reuters) - The actual number of people killed by the massive flooding in Pakistan remains unknown because large areas of the country are inaccessible, Islamabad's U.N. envoy said on Friday.

The official death toll is around 1,500 but the true number of people killed in the disaster may turn out to be higher, Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon told the U.N. General Assembly at the end of a two-day conference on aid for Pakistan.

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More News On The Flooding In Pakistan

Massive Flooding, Stewing Resentment In Pakistan -- NPR
Surging floodwaters threaten southern Pakistan -- Toronto Star
Flood Disaster May Require Largest Aid Effort in Modern History -- New York Times
Pakistan Receives More Flood Aid, but Need Grows -- New York Times
For US, Pakistan floods are about national security -- Reuters
Pakistan says militants exploiting flood chaos -- L.A. Times
Aid Distribution to Pakistani Flood Victims Challenging -- Voice of America
Why many Pakistani-Americans aren't sending flood donations home -- Christian Science Monitor

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