Pakistan monsoon floods kill up to 800

Islamabad: The death toll in floods rose to 837 Saturday as rescue workers tried to reach tens of thousands of people stranded in north-western Pakistan, officials said. Rivers bloated by monsoon rains submerged thousands of villages, washed away dozens of bridges and telecommunication installations, blocked roads and inundated millions of acres agricultural land.

Image: A woman from flood affected area Charsadda sits beside her children at a camp set-up in a school by provincial authorities in Peshawar, Pakistan on July 31, 2010.

Text: IANS

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