Pakistani girls from around the country are pitching in and helping with flood relief. The recent floods in Pakistan have claimed thousands of lives, displacing millions and affecting an estimated 15 million people. The disaster is being described by international observers as the worst natural calamity in recent history, exceeding even the Indonesian tsunami in its sheer scale of destruction and loss of life and property.
The recent floods arose from heavy rainfall in Central Asia and the northwestern Himalaya, causing torrential downpours along downstream waterways. High up in the northern mountains of Pakistan, a complex network of rivulets and streams coalesce into major rivers such as the Jhelum and Indus. These rivers, along with western systems such as the Kabul river recently swelled with heavy precipitation, overflowing their banks not just at irrigated areas but also near such unlikely habitations as Nowshera and other cities west of the Indus. Women tend to suffer the most in such calamaties, as they are poorly equipped to defend themselves against the onslaught of nature.
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