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The morning news is dominated yet again by the plight of the millions of people affected by the monsoon flooding in Pakistan.
Like many other folk we have sent a donation to the Disasters Emergency Committee, but this hardly seems enough even though there is nothing we can physically do to help.
It is believed that around 1,600 people have so far died, though this figure may be understated due to the remoteness of some of the areas affected. Overall, the flooding has so far affected 14 million people in a 600 mile trail from Pakistan’s north to the Punjab and on to Upper Sindh.
Monsoon water levels have reached a danger level at a key flood barrier in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh which may eventually face as much devastation as that in the northern provinces.
Flooded land and crops, roads, bridges and railway lines washed away, deadly landslides, the inability of the military and aid agencies to reach some of the remotest areas. The misery that this is causing to so many people is quite unimaginable.
It is a tragedy said to be worse than the asian tsunami or the Haiti earthquake and our hopes are that the people affected may soon get adequate relief in terms of shelter, food and water and, more importantly, that international aid will continue for some time to come.
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The morning news is dominated yet again by the plight of the millions of people affected by the monsoon flooding in Pakistan.
Like many other folk we have sent a donation to the Disasters Emergency Committee, but this hardly seems enough even though there is nothing we can physically do to help.
It is believed that around 1,600 people have so far died, though this figure may be understated due to the remoteness of some of the areas affected. Overall, the flooding has so far affected 14 million people in a 600 mile trail from Pakistan’s north to the Punjab and on to Upper Sindh.
Monsoon water levels have reached a danger level at a key flood barrier in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh which may eventually face as much devastation as that in the northern provinces.
Flooded land and crops, roads, bridges and railway lines washed away, deadly landslides, the inability of the military and aid agencies to reach some of the remotest areas. The misery that this is causing to so many people is quite unimaginable.
It is a tragedy said to be worse than the asian tsunami or the Haiti earthquake and our hopes are that the people affected may soon get adequate relief in terms of shelter, food and water and, more importantly, that international aid will continue for some time to come.
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