Northern Pakistan Slow To Recover From Floods

Published on 01 September 2010

Epic floods began a month ago in northern Pakistan. Unlike flooding in the south, which was vast but slow moving, the floods in the north struck quickly in the mountain passes -- taking out 150 plus bridges, roads and riverside houses. (..) Well, at this moment, we're at a food distribution center at a place called Fatehpur.(..) It's one of the areas the Americans are pouring their aid. But at this distribution center, there are sacks of World Food Programme wheat that are piling up in front of us. People are coming for the week. They're coming for cooking oil and they're coming for high-energy biscuits. They get a month's worth of rations at a time.

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