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The United States will provide an additional US$500-million aid to Pakistan to help rebuild the country after devastating floods caused the worst natural disaster in Pakistan’s history. [http:--www.voanews.com-english-news-US-to-Give-One-Half-Billion-Dollars-for-Pakistan-Flood-Assistance-108155544.html (VOA)]date=August 2019
2010-11-15

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

Pakistan orders nearly half a million people in towns including Sujawal, Mirpur Bathoro and Daro threatened by floods to evacuate.
2010-08-26

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

Landslips wreak further destruction in Pakistan: 28 corpses retrieved so far in 2 villages.
2010-08-8

Pakistan issues a red alert as the worst floods in its history move south towards Sindh, with hundreds of thousands of people being evacuated, at least 10,000 cows killed and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani appealing on television for help from the international community.
2010-08-7

At least 12 million people are now affected by the worst floods in the history of Pakistan with 1,600 people being killed and 650,000 homes being destroyed.
2010-08-6

The United Nations World Food Programme warns that parts of northwest Pakistan are facing urgent food shortages.
2010-08-4

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