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2010-08-8

Devastating floods

Landslips wreak further destruction in Pakistan: 28 corpses retrieved so far in 2 villages.

Sources: BBC

The World Bank pledges to loan an additional $100 million to Pakistan.
2010-09-1

The historic city of Thatta is preserved by troops and volunteers fighting severe floodwaters in Pakistan; it had been thought of as being at great risk.
2010-08-30

After initial hesitation, Pakistan ultimately accepts $5 million in aid from India; it subsequently calls it a "very welcome initiative".
2010-08-20

The United Nations says that flood relief aid to Pakistan is "arriving too slowly".
2010-08-18

The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon visits Pakistan to inspect the relief effort for the 2010 Pakistan floods.
2010-08-15

The United Nations launches a major appeal for assistance dealing with the ongoing floods that have devastated Pakistan.
2010-08-12

The United Nations states more than four million people are now affected by the most severe flooding in Pakistan's history, while the death toll rises to at least 1,600.
2010-08-5

Nearly 1 million people are estimated to have been left homeless during the ongoing severe floods in Pakistan.
2010-08-4

Flooding caused by monsoonal rain causes hundreds of deaths in northwestern Pakistan.
2010-07-30

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2010-08-8

Devastating floods

Landslips wreak further destruction in Pakistan: 28 corpses retrieved so far in 2 villages.

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