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Pakistan reels from floods
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Hundreds of people have been killed after three days of floods triggered by monsoon rains swept through northwestern Pakistan [AFP] The rains have bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides [AFP] More than 1 million people have been displaced by the floods due to wide-destruction [AFP] A rescue operation has been launched to save thousands of stranded people, but efforts were hampered by further inclement weather [AFP] It is the worst flooding in the region since 1929. The rising toll of the monsoon rains underscore the poor infrastructure in impoverished Pakistan [AFP] Stranded residents had to come up with innovative methods like using a rope to move around [AFP] Many people volunteered to rescue those most vulnerable in the deluge [AFP]
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Pakistan reels from floods
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Hundreds of people have been killed after three days of floods triggered by monsoon rains swept through northwestern Pakistan [AFP];*;The rains have bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides [AFP];*;More than 1 million people have been displaced by the floods due to wide-destruction [AFP];*;A rescue operation has been launched to save thousands of stranded people, but efforts were hampered by further inclement weather [AFP];*;It is the worst flooding in the region since 1929.;*;The rising toll of the monsoon rains underscore the poor infrastructure in impoverished Pakistan [AFP];*;Stranded residents had to come up with innovative methods like using a rope to move around [AFP] ;*;Many people volunteered to rescue those most vulnerable in the deluge [AFP]
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