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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Munir Ahmed

3 million children may miss a semester in flood-hit Pakistan

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Almost 3 million children in Pakistan may miss at least one semester because of flood damage to schools, officials said Thursday, following heavy monsoon rains likely worsened by climate change.

Unprecedented deluges since mid-June have affected more than 33 million people, inundated millions of acres of land and devastated infrastructure, including education facilities.

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