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Environment
Abid Hussain

Eight million may still be exposed to Pakistan floodwaters: UN

A man carries his belongings as he wades through floodwaters in Jaffarabad, a flood-hit district of Balochistan province in Pakistan [File: Zahid Hussain/AP]

Islamabad, Pakistan – A United Nations report on Pakistan’s devastating floods says more than 240,000 people in the southern province of Sindh remain displaced while satellite images indicate about eight million are “still potentially exposed to floodwaters or living close to flooded areas”.

According to the situation report by the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), released on Tuesday, at least 12 districts continue to report standing water, 10 of which are in Sindh and two in Balochistan.

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