An AP photo of the flooding in Pakistan.
New Zealand is to provide $2 million in emergency aid to
Pakistan following severe floods there killing up to 1500
people, and making life miserable for more than three million.
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully said the flooding in
the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region in northwest Pakistan was the
worst in living memory.
New Zealand would support international efforts to provide
emergency shelter, drinking water, food and medical supplies.
Health organisations were concerned about the risk of a
cholera outbreak and it was important aid agencies move
quickly, Mr McCully said.
The $2m donated by New Zealand would be shared between the
Red Cross, United Nations and non-governmental organisations
already in Pakistan.
New flood warnings had been issued and anger reaching boiling
point among impoverished survivors complaining they have been
abandoned by the government after their livelihoods had been
swept away.
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