2010 floods: 5.6 million people faced shortage of food

2010 floods: 5.6 million people faced shortage of food
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Summary Millions of people in Pakistan were displaced by floods in 2010.

While the nation deals with calamity in the new year, a UN report details the devastation wreaked by floods last year. The UN called the floods worst in the history and the total losses exceeded those of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Pakistan earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquakeFloodwaters and rain destroyed 700,000 acres of cotton, 200,000 acres each of rice and cane, 500,000 tonnes of wheat and 300,000 acres of animal fodder.During the relief activities, the UN provided agriculture and food to at least 124,000 people, and clean water to 5 million people.

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