Fresh Pakistan Floods: Ofiicials Urge 500,000 New Evacuations

[Turborama]

Run time: 01:52 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVmIeCj5a14   Posted on YouTube: August 27, 2010 By YouTube Member: AlJazeeraEnglish Views on YouTube: 187   Posted on DU: August 27, 2010 By DU Member: Turborama Views on DU: 414

 
Nearly a month after Pakistan's most catastrophic deluges swept away towns and villages across the country, some areas have been hit by fresh floods that have stranded hundreds of thousands of people.

In Sindh province - one of the worst affected regions - authorities have issued new evacuation orders for numerous inundated towns.

But authorities are trying to divert the water flow in the region to the Arabian sea to avoid further destruction.

Al Jazeera English's Zeina Khodr reports from Hyderabad City in Sindh, where floodwaters are expected to take months to recede.

(August 27, 2010)

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[sabrina 1]

1. 'The crisis here is only growing'

I was looking at the map you posted in LBN Turborama and it looked like some of the flooding is right up the border of India. Have there been any reports that it is reaching India?

I have to say watching that video (and Al Jazeera has been doing a remarkable job of covering this story) it is really frightening to see that many people 'on the move'. If Climate Change is causing these disasters we have reached a point of no return faster than anyone thought.

[JDPriestly]

2. This is horrible.

[sabrina 1]

3. Like a horror movie depicting the end of the world.

Those poor people ...