You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Pakistani Towns Face New Flooding

HeadlineSep 07, 2010

Pakistan continues to fight devastating flooding that has ravaged a fifth of the country. Officials in Sindh province say they’re racing against time to bolster the river defenses of the towns of Johi and Dadu in the face of potentially catastrophic floods. The UN meanwhile says it’s preparing to appeal for double the $460 million in emergency aid it requested last month. At least eight million Pakistanis are dependent on emergency aid to survive.

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top