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SHIKARPUR, Pakistan — Thousands of farmers have crowded this once-quiet Pakistani town. They live on the hospital’s lawn, they camp on overpasses. Their fields are destroyed, covered by billions of gallons …

Ames, Ia. - All options are on the table as Ames prepares to evaluate how to protect businesses, homes and Iowa State University from future flooding. The possibilities include stricter zoning laws, dams …

CHICAGO – Federal officials have approved nearly $43 million in disaster assistance for seven Illinois counties hit by recent flooding. Carroll, Cook, DuPage, Jo Daviess, Ogle, Stephenson and Winnebago …

Though it has received only moderate attention in the western press, the torrential flooding of large swaths of Pakistan since late July may be the most catastrophic natural disaster to strike the country in half a century.

India has raised its aid for Pakistan flood victims to $25 million from the $5 million announced earlier, but the assistance will be routed through the United Nations, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said in the Lok Sabha Tuesday.

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Islamabad - At least 17 flood victims, including nine children, have died from disease and hunger in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, officials and media reports said Tuesday. Authorities have struggled …

Islamabad, Pakistan (AHN) - The recent floods in Pakistan have also spelt doom for the nation’s cotton crop, which was left ravaged, forcing the textile manufacturers to scourge countries around the world for cotton to …

Taliban guerrillas are taking advantage of the large-scale misery caused by the devastating floods in Pakistan by attempting to enlist 50000 new fighters — in return for food and medicine.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano will be dropping by the mid-state later this week. Monday, August 30, 2010.