Pakistan Floods Leave Millions Hungry: U.N. -- Yahoo News/Reuters
SUKKUR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan's worst floods in decades have left millions hungry, the United Nations said on Monday, while parts of the south were on high alert for rising waters that could further tax aid groups.
"We cannot talk about starvation yet but I think we can talk about millions of people being hungry," Maurizio Giuliano, the U.N. humanitarian spokesman, told Reuters.
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