US adds $20 mn for Pakistan flood relief
DPA | HT Correspondent, Washington
Aug 11, 2010 07:41 AM IST
The US will provide an additional $20 million in relief funding for the flooding in Pakistan that has killed more than 1,600 people in the last two weeks, a US official said on Tuesday.
The US will provide an additional $20 million in relief funding for the flooding in Pakistan that has killed more than 1,600 people in the last two weeks, a US official said on Tuesday.
That amount brings the total US contribution to $55 million and will help account for a wider area now being affected by the flooding, said Mark Ward, acting director of the State Department's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance.
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The US military has sent helicopters into the region to ferry victims out of the danger zone, while the US government has sent other humanitarian aid supplies.
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