By Jasper Fakkert, Epoch Times Staff Sep 21, 2010 Seven weeks after floods submerged large parts of Pakistan, thousands of people continue to flee their homes every day, the United Nations said on Tuesday. “The flood waters are rising, and every day we are seeing 20,000 to 30,000 people newly displaced,” said Andy Pendleton, a […]
By Saeed Shah in Drab Korona, www.guardian.co.ukTuesday 24 August 2010 17.26 BST Sirajuddin stares at the shallow muddy pool of water. He had come to salvage whatever he could from his home. There is nothing, nothing at all. “This was our house,” said 30-year-old Sirajuddin, pointing to the pool. Before the great flood came at […]
By MARGIE MASON (AP) 20 September 2010 SUKKUR, Pakistan — Suhani Bunglani fans flies away from her two baby girls as one sleeps motionless while the other stares without blinking at the roof of their tent, her empty belly bulging beneath a green flowered shirt. Their newborn sister already died on the ground inside this […]
ISLAMABAD (AFP) — More than 80 percent of the millions of Pakistanis left homeless by the country’s worst floods are still without shelter, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Friday. The United Nations is to launch a fresh appeal for funds on Friday to help victims of the catastrophe which left some 10 million […]
As new floods cause further suffering for the population the US special envoy to Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, visits the country for the first time since the natural disaster hit. (Sept. 15, 2010) Fresh Flooding in Crisis Hit Pakistan Technorati Tags: flood,monsoon,Asia,global warming,climate change,climate refugees
By Qurban Ali KhushikWednesday, 15 Sep, 2010 DADU: Twenty-five more villages in Sehwan and Johi came under water on Tuesday as the level continued to go up in the Manchhar lake, triggered by floodwater coming from the Tori bund breach. The rising water level continued to exert pressure on the lake embankment from Zero Point […]
By Juan ColeSeptember 9, 2010 The Great Deluge in Pakistan passed almost unnoticed in the United States despite President Obama’s repeated assertions that the country is central to American security. Now, with new evacuations and flooding afflicting Sindh Province and the long-term crisis only beginning in Pakistan, it has washed almost completely off American television […]
By Sean Maroney 11 September 2010 Nowshera, Pakistan — Celebrations for the holiday Eid-al-Fitr in Pakistan are muted as millions of Pakistanis continue to suffer in the wake of the country’s worst flooding. The heavy rains came to Pakistan just before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, known locally as Ramazan, arrived. Sunrise-to-sunset fasting is […]
Machni City has been flooded near Dadu while water has reached alarming levels at Manchar Lake. Water at Manchar Lake crossed dangerous levels putting immense pressure on the MNV Drain in Dadu. The subsequent flooding inundated Machni city and over 50 villages were flooded in Chani and Mehar areas. Floods are threatening various areas of […]
By JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF September 7, 2010, 10:31 am Torrential rains and flash floods that swept through cities and villages in West Africa in late August have intensified a food crisis in the region, leaving upwards of 10 million people suffering from severe food shortages, the United Nations and relief organizations warned last week. The […]
