Christian Muslim Forum

Entire villages have been washed away by walls of flood water. Rescuers are striving to reach 27,000 people still cut off by the floods, which are the worst in 80 years. An estimated 1,100 people have died and thousands have lost everything. A spokesman for the UK-based charity Save the Children informed the BBC that the infrastructure devastation in Swat may be worse than in the earthquake which caused havocked the region in 2005.

There is fear that diarrhea and cholera will advance amongst the homeless. Food is scarce, more than 100,000 people are at risk of disease and clean water is urgently required in flooded areas.
Flood survivors are awaiting aid as more rain hinders efforts to get to people displaced by the catastrophe. An appeal for donations to aid the victims has been launched. The biggest defiance for the emergency services is access, as so many areas have had transport and communication links destroyed.
It is important that we try to help those who have been regrettably affected by the flooding.

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