The devastation in Sindh

Published September 10, 2011
Displaced villagers wade through a flooded area of Pangario, a small town of Badin district.
Displaced villagers wade through a flooded area of Pangario, a small town of Badin district.
Displaced villagers take refuge on higher land after a flooding in Pangario.
Displaced villagers take refuge on higher land after a flooding in Pangario.
Troops rescue villagers displaced by floods due to heavy monsoon rains over a few days in Pangario.
Troops rescue villagers displaced by floods due to heavy monsoon rains over a few days in Pangario.
A displaced woman comforts her child who has diarrhea as they take shelter from the flood in Pangario.
A displaced woman comforts her child who has diarrhea as they take shelter from the flood in Pangario.
Villagers take refuge on higher land as their homes are surrounded by flood water in Tando Allayar, 100 kilometer (62 miles) from Hyderabad.
Villagers take refuge on higher land as their homes are surrounded by flood water in Tando Allayar, 100 kilometer (62 miles) from Hyderabad.
Villagers take refuge on higher land
in Tando Allayar due to floods caused by heavy rain.
Villagers take refuge on higher land in Tando Allayar due to floods caused by heavy rain.

A relief official says monsoon rains have killed 136 people in the south of the country and flooded hundreds of thousands of rice, cotton and sugarcane crops. -Photos by AP

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