Pakistan Red Crescent and ICRC assist flood victims

Geneva, 03 Aug-(ANA)- Flooding caused by torrential monsoon rains has killed more than 1,100 people in Pakistan and affected up to 2.5 million people across the country in the past week reports say.

In the worst-affected areas, entire villages were washed away without warning by walls of flood water. Thousands of people have lost everything, as homes, livestock, farm machinery and other possessions were simply swept away. In addition, many crops that were not immediately destroyed are now under water.

 Roads, bridges, health-care facilities and schools have suffered massive damage. Main highways are cut as bridges across the country's swollen northern rivers have been washed away. (ANA)

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