No plans for the inevitable

Published August 5, 2013
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What can be done to prepare the average Pakistani for the lack of attention to climate change and natural disasters? This gallery shows the effects of flash floods in Karachi, which, as well as damaging property, left numerous people stranded. At least 45 people have been killed and hundreds others injured in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Pakistan, even as authorities warned the situation may worsen further.—Images by Agencies

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