Pakistan flood crisis 'greater than other disasters combined'

The Pakistan floods could affect more people than the world’s last three great disasters combined, the UN warned today.

Pakistan flood crisis 'greater than other disasters combined'
Mon, 09 Aug, 2010 - 14:00

The Pakistan floods could affect more people than the world’s last three great disasters combined, the UN warned today.

It said the toll could exceed the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

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