Pakistan in need of humanitarian aid

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10900947

Pakistan has issued a red alert as floods that have devastated northern areas sweep south into Sindh province.

Authorities have evacuated more than half a million people living near the Indus river as hundreds of villages have been inundated by floodwaters.

The worst floods in the region for 80 years have killed at least 1,600 people and affected about 12 million others.

Officials say 650,000 homes have so far been destroyed, 1.4m acres (557,000 hectares) of agricultural land has been flooded and 10,000 cows have died.

An official at the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Manuel Bessler, told the BBC that with crops swept away by floodwaters, some Pakistanis might be forced to rely on food aid to get through the winter.

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http://www.care.org/newsroom/articles/2010/08/sends-convoy-relief-goods-pakistan-20100803.asp

Damage assessments to determine relief priorities are still under way, with the worst-affected areas identified as parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the northern and southern parts of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Balochistan, South Punjab and the northern areas of Pakistan-administrated Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. In those areas, up to 100,000 households are in need of assistance.