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This flooding is truly of Biblical proportions.  From the map below, it looks like over half of Pakistan is impacted and the waters are still rising.  The Birth Pains are continue to grow….

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Pakistan floods prompt mass evacuations in south

People try to get to higher ground as flood waters rise

Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis have been ordered to evacuate their homes as flood waters threaten several cities in the south of the country.

The flood surge, after weeks of monsoon rains, has breached embankments on the Indus River, inundating villages and swamping vast areas of farmland.

Parts of Pakistan have been described as resembling an inland sea.

After threats from Pakistan’s Taliban, the UN is reviewing security for its aid workers helping flood victims.

A US official said militants planned to attack foreigners delivering aid to the millions of people affected by the devastating floods.

One Taliban spokesman told Associated Press that the presence of foreign aid workers was “unacceptable”.

However, there have been no attacks since the humanitarian crisis unfolded.

‘Pressure increasing’

The UN says more than 17 million people have been affected by the floods, and about 1.2 million homes have been destroyed, leaving five million people homeless.

The floods started in the mountainous north and have steadily surged south, damaging an estimated 3.2 million hectares (7.9 million acres) of farmland – about 14% of Pakistan’s land under cultivation according to the UN’s food agency.

Threats

A US official said threats from the Pakistani Taliban to carry out attacks against foreign aid workers in Pakistan highlighted the group’s “destructive, bankrupt vision”.

Thousands are heading for higher ground in southern Sindh province

White House National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer contrasted the threats of the militants with the “strength of the Pakistani people” trying to recover from the floods and the aid agencies seeking to support them.

“The commitment of the humanitarian organisations… is an example for all of how humanity should be the first and only concern when facing such a tragic disaster,” he said.

If you would like to make a donation to help people affected by the floods in Pakistan, you can find information about how to do so by clicking here.

 

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Several good video’s in the full article linked below.

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