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400,000 Displaced in Pakistan Floods

HeadlineSep 16, 2011

In Pakistan, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has canceled a trip to address the U.N. General Assembly amidst massive flooding. Nearly 300 people have been killed and some 400,000 have been displaced due to heavy rains in a southern province. The devastation comes one year after Pakistan suffered its worst-ever flooding.

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