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UAE rushes aid to flood-hit areas in Pakistan
The relief materials to be dispatched from the UAE include blankets, tents, medical items and food for victims of flooding in Pakistan
- WAM
- Published: 15:46 July 31, 2010
- Image Credit: Reuters
- A boy hangs on to the front of a cargo truck while passing through a flooded road in Risalpur, located in Nowshera District, in Northwest Frontier Province.
Abu Dhabi: President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has ordered urgent delivery of relief to shelter displaced people in the areas of Pakistan hit by floods.
The relief materials to be dispatched include blankets, tents, medical items and food.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), more than 500,000 people have been affected by the floods which devastated several areas of Pakistan.
OCHA described the floods as worst in the country since 1929. Hundreds of people have died in the devastating floods, with the death toll rising dramatically every hour.
Rescuers were using army helicopters, heavy trucks and boats to try reaching flood-hit areas, the UN said.
It reported that thousands of homes and roads were destroyed, and at least 45 bridges across the northwest were damaged.
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