I have been away
for a month, but some things don’t change. My last blog at the end of August was about
floods in Pakistan, so is this one.
During the last
two weeks, heavy monsoon rains have caused floods that have killed more than
400 people and driven tens of thousands from their homes, with the province of Sindh
worst hit.
Pakistan’s worst
floods came in 2010 (see picture) when nearly 1,800 people died and more than
20 million were affected in some way, leaving about a fifth of the country under water, and
causing damage estimated at up to £30 billion.
Sindh also suffered badly from heavy rains in 2011, when again more than
400 people lost their lives, and 1.7 million acres of arable land were inundated
in one of the country’s most important agricultural areas.
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