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06 Aug 2010 11:41

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World: In case the last number wasn’t depressing, this should top it

  • 12 million the number of people reportedly affected by the huge monsoon-bred storms in Pakistan
  • 650,000 the number of homes destroyed in what may be the biggest disaster in Pakistan’s history source
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01 Aug 2010 11:12

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World: Flooding in Pakistan reaching an immense level of devastation

  • 1,025+ people have been officially found dead in the flooding
  • 3,000 could be dead in the flooding when all is said and done source
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31 Jul 2010 10:57

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World: Monsoon season taking a tough toll on Pakistan, Afghanistan

Pakistani officials claim that the death toll from the heavy rains has topped 800, and Afghanistan says another 64 have died in their country. Holy crap. source
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30 Jul 2010 20:13

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World: In Pakistan, an entire region gets pummeled by monsoon rain

  • 11.8″ the amount of rain in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
  • 408 people have dies from the storms in that province alone
  • 25 more have died in the Pakistan-controlled part of Kashmir source
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24 Jul 2009 11:15

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Offbeat, World: Scientific method at work: Does naked girls + farming = rain?

  • That’s what some farmers in India are trying. The farmers, located in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, told their unmarried daughters to get naked and plow the fields after sunset in an attempt to embarrass the gods and convince them to bring on monsoon weather. The farmers are currently in the midst to the worst start of monsoon season in eight decades. Might as well work the nudity angle, right? source
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