Sindh flood victims at ‘grave risk’ 100 days on

ISLAMABAD: Millions of Pakistanis desperately need help 100 days after monsoon rains triggered major floods for a second year running with a “grave risk” of a public health crisis, aid groups warned Wednesday. The Pakistan Humanitarian Forum (PHF), a network of the 41 largest international charities in the country, said more than five million people were affected by the floods —about half of them children. Around 700,000 people remain displaced, at least six million acres were ravaged and 2.3 million acres of crops lost in an emergency that received little global attention, PHF said in a new report. “One hundred days after the 2011 floods began, millions of men, women and children urgently need vital assistance including clean...

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