CNN.com - 9/29/12
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Flooding in Pakistan has left more than 420 people dead and nearly 3,000 injured, official says
- The floods, which have also displaced some 350,000 people, follow monsoon rains
- Pakistan was also hit by devastating floods last year and in 2010
People flee flooded areas in Shahdadkot, Sindh province, Pakistan, on September 28.
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Floods resulting from monsoon rains have killed 422 people and left nearly 3,000 injured across Pakistan, a disaster agency spokesman said Saturday.
Some 350,000 people have been forced from their homes and another 4.7 million people affected by the flooding since August 22, Ahmed Kamal of the National Disaster Management Authority said. More than 15,000 villages have been affected and many houses destroyed or damaged in the past five weeks, he said.
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