Pakistan Flood 2010

Families marooned by flood waters - Image Credit: Reuters

Pakistan is suffering from the biggest flood in it's history. More than 1,600 people have lost their lives to the disaster so far. According to rescue services, the death toll has been estimated to reach around the 3,000 mark. It began on July 2010 after heavy monsoon rain took place in the Himalayas. The Northern Provinces had been affected the most but it seems it is crawling its way south leaving behind a trail of destruction. The UN estimates that some 15 million people have been affected - At least 4 Million more people than in the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake put together.

It's very difficult to figure out why the world has turned (pretty much) a blind eye to one of the biggest natural disasters in recent history. It has been reported that even people of Pakistan aren't showing much interest to the matter, at least not like they did in the 2004 earthquake. Maybe Pakistan hasn't glorified this catastrophic event well enough?

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[Koke]