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Fury of the Indus [1]

Floods in the Indus, triggered by the heavy monsoon rain, devastate vast swathes of land and render millions homeless in Pakistan.
MOVING at a furious pace from the mountainous north-western region of Gilgit-Baltistan to the fertile south, the Indus river, swollen and bursting its banks following heavy monsoon rain since late July, has ripped through Pakistan, laying waste at least 1,60,000 squar

Publication Date: 
09/09/2010
Anita Joshua [2]
Frontline (Chennai) [3]
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Pakistan [4], Floods [5], Flood Relief [6], Crops [7]
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