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                 Pakistan Floods Kill Hundreds, Affect Millions

   by VOA News

   Pakistan's disaster relief agency estimates that weeks of monsoon
   flooding have killed 455 people and affected more than five million
   others.
   Officials said every section of the country has been affected over the
   past five weeks.
   The worst hit area has been the lowlands of Sindh province, which lies
   along the coast.  The province accounts for more than half of the
   flood-related deaths and nearly all of the more than a quarter of a
   million people in relief camps.
   In terms of agriculture, Punjab province has suffered the most damage
   with almost a half million acres of crops affected.  The southwestern
   province of Baluchistan suffered the most loss to livestock, with
   nearly 7,000 cattle killed.
   Pakistan is no stranger to seasonal flooding.  The country has suffered
   devastating floods in the past two years, including the worst in nearly
   a century, which happened in 2010.
   That disaster submerged an area the size of England, killed almost
   1,800 people and affected some 21 million others.
   Some information for this report was provided by AFP.
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