The widespread crisis has overwhelmed the government and frustrated citizens who have complained about slow or non-existent aid efforts. A person is considered “affected” by the floods if he or she will need some form of assistance to recover, either short-term humanitarian aid or longer-term reconstruction help, the U.N. said.
1 -TOPSHOTS- Pakistani flood survivors try to catch food bags from an army helicopter in Lal Pir on August 7, 2010. Pakistan raced to evacuate families threatened with fresh floods, as heavy rains worsened the disaster in its second week, with up to 15 million people already affected. AFP PHOTO/Arif ALI (Photo credit should read Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
2 -SUKKUR, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 7: A girl floats her brother across flood waters whilst salvaging valuables from their flood ravaged home on August 7, 2010 in the village of Bux Seelro near to Sukkur, Pakistan. Rescue workers and armed forces continued rescue operations in Pakistan's heartland province of Sindh. Local residents across Sindh and Punjab are expected to be hit hard with waters expected to rise dramatically. Deadly flooding across Pakistan, has claimed the lives of more than 1,300 people and has forced hundreds of thousands from their homes, in what is the country's worst floods since 1929. Aid organisations estimate that over 3 million people have been affected by flooding. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) *** BEST PIX ***
3 -SUKKUR, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 7: A boy sleeps on a make-shift bed as flood waters surround his family home on August 7, 2010 in the village of Bux Seelro near to Sukkur, Pakistan. Rescue workers and armed forces continued rescue operations in Pakistan's heartland province of Sindh. Local residents across Sindh and Punjab are expected to be hit hard with waters expected to rise dramatically. Deadly flooding across Pakistan, has claimed the lives of more than 1,300 people and has forced hundreds of thousands from their homes, in what is the country's worst floods since 1929. Aid organisations estimate that over 3 million people have been affected by flooding. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
4 -SUKKUR, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 7: A boat is lowered into flood waters as joint Pakistan Army and Navy operations prepare to head out on August 7, 2010 in the village of Ali Wahan near to Sukkur, Pakistan. Rescue workers and armed forces continued rescue operations evacuating thousands in Pakistan's heartland province of Sindh. Local residents across Sindh and Punjab are expected to be hit hard with waters expected to rise over an estimated two feet. Deadly flooding across Pakistan, has claimed the lives of more than 1,300 people and has forced hundreds of thousands from their homes, in what is the country's worst floods since 1929. Aid organisations estimate that over 3 million people have been affected by flooding. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
5 -US Army Staff Sargeant Matthew Kingsbury, from Bravo Company 2/3 Aviation, looks down at a flooded area while in flight on board a CH-47 heavy-lift helicopter in Swat Valley on August 10, 2010. The United States has sent four Chinooks and two Blackhawks to Pakistan, which fly with a representative of the Pakistani military on board. Torrential monsoon rains have lashed Pakistan for two weeks, triggering catastrophic flooding that the UN says has affected 13.8 million people, in a disaster eclipsing the 2004 tsunami that killed 220,000 across Asia. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
6 -NOWSHERA, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 2: A family evacuating Nowshera waits in traffic as other residents block the road in pursuit of relief supplies on August 2, 2010 in Nowshera, Pakistan. Rescue workers and troops in northwest Pakistan struggled to reach thousands of people affected by the country's worst floods since 1929, according to officials. Heavy monsoon rains have triggered severe, deadly flooding in Northwest Pakistan, claiming the lives of more than 1,100 people and forcing thousands from their homes. The International Red Cross estimates that around two and half million people nationwide are affected by the disaster. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) *** BEST PIX ***
7 -NOWSHERA, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 1: A woman looks onwards as she surveys the damage to her flood affected home on August 1, 2010 in Nowshera, Pakistan. Rescue workers and troops in northwest Pakistan struggled to reach thousands of people affected by the country's worst floods since 1929, according to officials. Heavy monsoon rains have triggered severe, deadly flooding in Northwest Pakistan, claiming the lives of more than 800 people and forcing thousands from their homes. The United Nations estimates that around one million people nationwide are affected by the disaster. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) *** BEST PIX ***
8 -MUZAFFARGARH, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 09: Flood waters surround the town of Mehmud Kot on August 9, 2010 in the Muzaffargarh district in Punjab, Pakistan. An estimated 5 million Pakistanis affected by the worst floods in the country's history are bracing for more destruction as heavy rains further bloat rivers and streams. Deadly flooding across Pakistan, has claimed the lives of more than 1,500 people and has forced hundreds of thousands from their homes, in what is the country's worst floods since 1929. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
9 -MUZAFFARGARH, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 11: Villagers displaced from their homes by flooding travel through flood waters on the back of a truck on August 11, 2010 on the outskirts of Muzaffargarh in Punjab, Pakistan. An estimated 14 million Pakistanis affected by the worst floods in the country's history are bracing for more destruction as monsoon rains further bloat rivers and streams. The rivers Indus and the Chenab are in danger of having their levies broken, which will cause catastrophic flooding across Punjab and Sindh provinces. Deadly flooding across Pakistan has claimed the lives of more than 1,200 people and has forced hundreds of thousands from their homes. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
10 -SUKKUR, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 10: Pakistani flood victims get evacuated by the Pakistan Navy on a boat rescue mission as flooding continues at a very high level August 10, 2010 in Sukkur, Pakistan. Pakistan is suffering from the worst flooding in 80 years as the army and aid organizations are struggling to cope with the scope of the widespread disaster, which has killed at least 1,500 people and displaced millions. Meanwhile, Pakistanis have become more frustrated with the government's response and President Asif Ali Zardari's trip to Europe, as Islamic charities step up to gain local grassroots support as they did in the 2005 earthquake. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
11 -SUKKUR, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 10: Pakistani flood victim Mohammed Nawaz hangs onto a moving raft as he is rescued by the Pakistan Navy August 10, 2010 in Sukkur, Pakistan. Pakistan is suffering from the worst flooding in 80 years as the army and aid organizations are struggling to cope with the scope of the widespread disaster, which has killed at least 1,500 people and displaced millions. Meanwhile, Pakistanis have become more frustrated with the government's response and President Asif Ali Zardari's trip to Europe, as Islamic charities step up to gain local grassroots support as they did in the 2005 earthquake. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
12 -** ADD DATE ** Pakistani villagers chase to relief supplies dropped from an army helicopter in a heavy flood-hit area of Mithan Kot, in central Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The government has struggled to cope with the scale of the disaster, which has killed at least 1,500 people, prompting the international community to help by donating tens of millions of dollars and providing relief supplies. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)
13 -** ADD DATE ** Pakistani villagers chase to relief supplies dropped from an army helicopter in a heavy flood-hit area of Mithan Kot, in central Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The government has struggled to cope with the scale of the disaster, which has killed at least 1,500 people, prompting the international community to help by donating tens of millions of dollars and providing relief supplies. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)
14 -A Pakistani wades through heavy floodwater near his collapsed house in Camp Karoona near Nowshera, Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. The U.N., relying on Pakistani figures, says the number of people affected by flooding over the past two weeks is 13.8 million _ more than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, although the death toll in each of those disasters was much higher than the 1,500 people killed in the floods. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
15 -Pakistani army soldiers carry newly born twin boys of Zahida Perween, who delivered her twins on the road, from a helicopter to an ambulance to take them to the hospital in Sunawa at the Muzaffar Gar area in Punjab province on August 9, 2010. Around 13.8 million people have been affected by massive floods in Pakistan, making the scale of the disaster worse than the devastating 2004 tsunami, a UN official said. TOPSHOTS /AFP PHOTO/ARIF ALI (Photo credit should read Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
16 -Crew members of a Pakistani navy helicopter unload relief supplies at a flooded area of Ghaus Pur near Sukkur, in Pakistan's Sindh province, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Pakistan estimates 13.8 million people are affected by the floods and will need short-term aid or long-term assistance to recover. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
17 -A villager is rescued by a Pakistani navy helicopter from a flooded area of Ghaus Pur near Sukkur, in Pakistan's Sindh province, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari returned home to a storm of criticism after visiting Europe as his country was gripped by the worst floods in its history. His arrival Tuesday came as thousands of people fled a major city in central Pakistan as rivers threatened to submerge the area. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
18 -A Pakistani flood affected villager holds his sandals in a muddy street after heavy flooding in Mohib Banda near Nowshera in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari returned Tuesday to a storm of criticism for visiting Europe as his country was gripped by the worst floods in its history that have affected nearly 14 million people. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
19 -Pakistani villagers stand on the remains of a bridge washed away by heavy flooding in Bannu in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. It will cost billions of dollars for Pakistan to recover from massive floods that have devastated the country, further straining a government already dependent on foreign aid to prop up its economy and back its war against Islamist militants, the U.N. said Sunday.(AP Photo/Ijaz Mohammad)
20 -A Pakistani flood effected woman sits inside her makeshift tent maked with plastic sheet during rain in Azakhel near Pabbi, in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. More rain soaked flood-ravaged Pakistan on Saturday and even heavier downpours were forecast for coming days, deepening a crisis in which hard-line Islamists have rushed to fill gaps in the government's patchy response. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
21 -People wait to cross a flooded road in Bannu, northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Relief work has been hampered by submerged roads, washed out bridges, and downed communication lines, and survivors have complained about government inaction. (AP Photo/Ijaz Mohammad)
22 -MUZAFFARGARH, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 11: Villagers displaced from their homes by flooding sit on their belongings as they are evacuated on August 11, 2010 on the outskirts of Muzaffargarh in Punjab, Pakistan. An estimated 14 million Pakistanis affected by the worst floods in the country's history are bracing for more destruction as monsoon rains further bloat rivers and streams. The rivers Indus and the Chenab are in danger of having their levies broken, which will cause catastrophic flooding across Punjab and Sindh provinces. Deadly flooding across Pakistan has claimed the lives of more than 1,200 people and has forced hundreds of thousands from their homes. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
23 -Pakistani children sit on a bed to eat their food, in a flood hit area of Qasim Bella, on the outskirts of Multan, Pakistan, on Saturday, July 31, 2010. The death toll in the massive flooding in Pakistan surged past 800 as floodwaters receded Saturday in the hard-hit northwest, an official said. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)
24 -Pakistani villagers, along with their cattle, wade through a flood water to safe area in Alipur near Sukkar on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. The U.N., relying on Pakistani figures, says the number of people affected by flooding over the past two weeks is 13.8 million _ more than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, although the death toll in each of those disasters was much higher than the 1,500 people killed in the floods.(AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
25 -CORRECTING CAPTION DETAILS This aerial view from a Pakistan army rescue helicopter shows the flooded area of Kot Addu, in the southern province of Punjab on August 7, 2010. Torrential rains frustrated aid efforts in Pakistan, with some helicopters grounded as authorities battled to help 15 million people affected by the country's worst ever floods. Military rescue workers were rushing to evacuate families in the poor farming belt of Sindh province, where disaster officials were on red alert for a major deluge that could burst the banks of the swollen Indus river. AFP PHOTO/Arif ALI (Photo credit should read Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
26 -People affected by the heavy flooding are evacuated in a U. S. Chinook helicopter, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010, in Kalam, Pakistan. U.S. Army choppers carrying emergency food and water buzzed over the swollen river and washed-out bridges, landing in the valley once controlled by the Taliban. They returned laden with grateful Pakistani flood survivors newly won friends in a country where many regard America as the No. 1 enemy. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)
27 -A U. S. military Chinook helicopter flies over a flooded area to supply food relief and evacuate stranded flood victims in Kalam, Pakistan on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. U.S. Army choppers carrying emergency food and water buzzed over the swollen river and washed-out bridges, landing in the valley once controlled by the Taliban. They returned laden with grateful Pakistani flood survivors _ newly won friends in a country where many regard America as the No. 1 enemy.(AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)
28 -A Pakistan's Navy helicopter approaches a flooded area to drop relief supplies in Ghaus Pur near Sukkur, in Pakistan's Sindh province, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari returned home to a storm of criticism after visiting Europe as his country was gripped by the worst floods in its history. His arrival Tuesday came as thousands of people fled a major city in central Pakistan as rivers threatened to submerge the area. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
29 -Pakistani flood survivor Jahanzeb Khan fans his child in a tent set up on the roadside in Camp Karoona near Nowshera, Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari returned Tuesday to a storm of criticism for visiting Europe as his country was gripped by the worst floods in its history that have affected nearly 14 million people. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
30 -A crew member of an army helicopter helps villagers disembark, after being rescued from a flood-hit area in Basera near Muzaffargarh, in central Pakistan on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010. Pakistan estimates 13.8 million people are affected by the floods and will need short-term aid or long-term assistance to recover. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
31 -An aerial view from a Pakistan army rescue helicopter shows residents in a flood-affected area on the outskirts of Sukkur on August 9, 2010. Around 13.8 million people have been affected by massive floods in Pakistan, making the scale of the disaster worse than the devastating 2004 tsunami, a UN official said. AFP PHOTO/ASIF HASSAN (Photo credit should read ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
32 -SUKKUR, PAKISTAN - AUGUST 7: A boy makes tea as he sits near to his flock of cattle and livestock, herded to higher ground due to rising flood waters on August 7, 2010 in the village of Ali Wahan near to Sukkur, Pakistan. Rescue workers and armed forces continued rescue operations evacuating thousands in Pakistan's heartland province of Sindh. Local residents across Sindh and Punjab are expected to be hit hard with waters expected to rise over an estimated two feet. Deadly flooding across Pakistan, has claimed the lives of more than 1,300 people and has forced hundreds of thousands from their homes, in what is the country's worst floods since 1929. Aid organisations estimate that over 3 million people have been affected by flooding. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
33 -A Pakistani flood affected man holds his child as he stands in a queue to get relief food at a camp in Risalpur, Pakistan on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. Pakistan will need billions of dollars to recover from its worst floods in history, further straining a country already dependent on foreign aid to prop up its economy and back its war against Islamist militants, the U.N. said. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
34 -A Pakistan police officer use a baton to control flood effected people who are trying to loot donated food from a bus at a roadside in Azakhel near Nowshera, Pakistan on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. Pakistan will need billions of dollars to recover from its worst floods in history, further straining a country already dependent on foreign aid to prop up its economy and back its war against Islamist militants, the U.N. said. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
35 -Houses and narrow surrounding are are left amid flooded waters in Kot Addu, Pakistan on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. Floodwaters ravaged hundreds of villages in Pakistan's main province of Punjab, destroying homes, soaking crops, and threatening more lives. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)
36 -Flood-stricken Pakistanis shove each other as they wait outside a relief center to get food supply on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Relief work for some 3.2 million people has been delayed by swamped roads, washed-out bridges and downed communication lines, and survivors have complained about government inaction. Countries including the U.S. have pledged assistance to Pakistan, which is already struggling to control a rapacious Taliban militant movement. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
37 -Pakistani villagers try to catch trees float in the flooded Nelum river in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir on Friday, July 30, 2010. The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached more than 300 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.(AP Photo/Aftab Ahmed)
38 -Pakistani flood affected people get relief food in Nowshera, northwest Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The number of people suffering from the massive floods in Pakistan exceeds 13 million _ more than the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the United Nations said. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
39 -Houses are half submerged in floodwater in Mithan Kot, in central Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 9, 2010. The government has struggled to cope with the scale of the disaster, which has killed at least 1,500 people, prompting the international community to help by donating tens of millions of dollars and providing relief supplies. (AP Photo/Khalid Tanveer)
40 -Pakistani flood survivors handle a child after evacuating a flooded area of Shikarpur on August 8, 2010. Fresh rains lashed flood-hit Pakistan, hampering aid efforts and threatening to deepen a crisis affecting 15 million people in the country's worst ever floods. AFP PHOTO/Asif HASSAN (Photo credit should read ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
41 -A Pakistani flood survivor walks in the rain at a makeshift tent camp in Nowshera on August 8, 2010. Fresh rains lashed flood-hit Pakistan, hampering aid efforts and threatening to deepen a crisis affecting 15 million people in the country's worst ever floods. AFP PHOTO/A MAJEED (Photo credit should read A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
42 -This aerial view from a Pakistan army rescue helicopter shows the flooded area of Kot Addu, in the southern province of Punjab on August 7, 2010. Pakistan raced to evacuate families threatened with fresh floods, as heavy rains worsened the disaster in its second week, with up to 15 million people already affected. AFP PHOTO/Arif ALI (Photo credit should read Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
43 -In this aerial photograph, a bridge swept away by flood waters is seen in Swat Valley on August 10, 2010. The United States has sent four Chinooks and two Blackhawks to Pakistan, which fly with a representative of the Pakistani military on board. Torrential monsoon rains have lashed Pakistan for two weeks, triggering catastrophic flooding that the UN says has affected 13.8 million people, in a disaster eclipsing the 2004 tsunami that killed 220,000 across Asia. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
44 -Pakistani rescuers evacuate an elderly female flood survivor in Bssera village near Muzaffargarh on August 11, 2010. Pakistan issued fresh flood warnings August 11, putting parts of Punjab and Sindh on alert and calling on foreign donors to step up efforts to contain the country's worst humanitarian disaster. AFP PHOTO/Arif ALI (Photo credit should read Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
45 -An aerial view from a Pakistan army rescue helicopter shows personnel distributing water to flood-affected residents in Ghouspur, some 100 kilometers from Sukkur on on August 9, 2010. Around 13.8 million people have been affected by massive floods in Pakistan, making the scale of the disaster worse than the devastating 2004 tsunami, a UN official said. AFP PHOTO/ASIF HASSAN (Photo credit should read ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
46 -A Pakistani man carries his belongings from his destroyed house in the village of Mohib Banda on the outskirts of Nowshera on August 6, 2010. Pakistan's beleaguered authorities braced for a deluge in the country's farming heartland, evacuating half a million people from at-risk areas in the south as the worst floods in living memory worsened.The overall number of people affected by the two-week-old crisis has risen to more than four million after the floods washed away entire villages in the northwest, and anger at the government response is intensifying. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
47 -An aerial view from a Pakistani army rescue helicopter shows flood survivor villagers in the flood-affected area of Ghouspur about 100 km from Sukkur on August 9, 2010. Around 13.8 million people have been affected by massive floods in Pakistan, making the scale of the disaster worse than the devastating 2004 tsunami, a UN official said. AFP PHOTO/ASIF HASSAN (Photo credit should read ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
48 -Seen from a Pakistani military rescue helicopter delivering food and water, residents look up in the dust churned up by the helicopter delivering aid to a flood-affected area on the outskirts of Sukkur on August 9, 2010. Around 13.8 million people have been affected by massive floods in Pakistan, making the scale of the disaster worse than the devastating 2004 tsunami, a UN official said. AFP PHOTO/ASIF HASSAN (Photo credit should read ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
49 -Pakistani flood survivors wait in line to board a US Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter to be evacuated out of Kallam Valley on August 10, 2010. The United States has sent four Chinooks and two Blackhawks to Pakistan, which fly with a representative of the Pakistani military on board. Torrential monsoon rains have lashed Pakistan for two weeks, triggering catastrophic flooding that the UN says has affected 13.8 million people, in a disaster eclipsing the 2004 tsunami that killed 220,000 across Asia. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
50 -Pakistani flood survivors rush towards an army helicopter as they evacuate the area of Medain, a town of Swat valley on August 2, 2010. Fears are growing about outbreaks of disease among 2.5 million people affected by Pakistan's worst floods in 80 years after monsoon rains killed up to 1,500 people across the northwest. AFP PHOTO/A MAJEED (Photo credit should read A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
51 -TOPSHOTS An aerial view from a Pakistani army rescue helicopter shows flood survivors take refuge on an embankment in the flood-affected area of Ghouspur about 100 km from Sukkur on August 9, 2010. Around 13.8 million people have been affected by massive floods in Pakistan, making the scale of the disaster worse than the devastating 2004 tsunami, a UN official said. AFP PHOTO/ASIF HASSAN (Photo credit should read ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
52 -A Pakistani man walks through mud in the city of Nowshera on August 2, 2010. Fears are growing about outbreaks of disease among 1.5 million people affected by Pakistan's worst floods in 80 years after monsoon rains killed more than 1,200 people across the northwest. Unprecedented rains triggered floods and landslides, sweeping away thousands of homes and devastating farmland in one of Pakistan's most impoverished regions, already hard hit by years of Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked violence. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
53 -Pakistani flood survivors receive donated food at a relief camp established by local volunteers on the outskirts of Sukkur on August 9, 2010. Around 13.8 million people have been affected by massive floods in Pakistan, making the scale of the disaster worse than the devastating 2004 tsunami, a UN official said. AFP PHOTO/ASIF HASSAN (Photo credit should read ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images)(Photo Credit should Read /AFP/Getty Images)
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