Stolen, from Politics in the Zeros;
Pakistan. ‘The enormity of the calamity is beyond all calculation’
Sat Aug 14 2010 8:36 am
by Bob Morris.CBC
* 20 million homeless in Pakistan floods
* Hundreds of thousands of homes gone.
* Some communities are marooned. Help can not get through due to bridges being destroyed.
* 1.7 million acres of farmland and crops wiped out.
* Outbreaks of cholera due to contaminated water.
* The Indus River is 25 kilometers wide in some places.
* More rain is coming.In reply to a question about assessment damage to agriculture and livestock, [a Pakistan official] said: “The enormity of the calamity is beyond all calculation. For now, the government is overwhelmed by relief and rehabilitation work. The assessment will be done after a semblance of sanity returns.”
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October 23, 2010 at 3:36 pm
lella
Wow. That’s a beautifully evocative photo.
Pakistan. It’s out there, on the plain, and that river comes down out of the mountains, and the glaciers are melting all along the Himalayan Highlands. What a terrible disaster.