sábado, 31 de julho de 2010

Pakistan flooding death toll reaches 800


Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The death toll from flooding in Pakistan has risen to at least 800, the information minister of a northern province said Saturday.
The number reflects those killed only in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, previously known as the North West Frontier Province, said spokesman Mian Iftikhar Hussain.
Flooding has also been reported in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir. Twenty-five deaths were recorded there Friday, Hussain said.
The United Nations says the number of people affected by the floods has risen to nearly a million people, with infrastructure receiving major damage.
Rushing water also has washed away thousands of acres of crops, government buildings,businesses, schools, bridges, and homes, officials said.
CNN