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 Severe Flooding in Pakistan (2010)
It is only the start of the monsoon season, but already Pakistan is experiencing some of the worst flooding it has seen in over 80 years.
Entire villages have been washed away, an early estimate of over 1,600 deaths so far and over 2 million displaced or otherwise affected.
Not only is the immediate water damage causing havoc, the floods have inundated crop-producing areas, dealing a crippling blow to the agricultural-based economy and threatening a food crisis. The Pakistani government now struggles to rescue and provide aid to millions - while still fighting with militant Islamist forces in many of the hardest hit regions. With even more heavy rains predicted in the coming days, here are a handful of recent photographs of Pakistanis as they
cope with this latest disaster.
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