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India-Pakistan
Floods affect thousands in KP
2013-06-15
[Pak Daily Times] About 400 families have been affected due to floods in Jala Bela, Bela Niko Khan, Mian Gujar and Islamabad Korona villages in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
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Standing crops in the area have also been damaged due to flood in Shah Alam and Naguman Rivers.

Official sources say, 20 families from Jala Bela have been shifted to safer places and food items are being provided to them. Protective bunds are being strengthened to protect these villages from further flood devastation.

According to Flood Cell Peshawar, River Kabul at Warsak and Nowshehra is in high flood. Panjkora River at Dir, Shah Alam River at Takhtabad and Naguman River at Charsadda Road are under medium flood. Swat
...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat...
River at Khawazakhela and Amandara are in low flood. Besides, Indus River at Tarbela is in low flood. In District Charsadda, protective bunds at Jamat, Dalazak and Garhi Mohkam Shah villages are being strengthened which have been damaged due to diversion of River Kabul. A portion of road near Kalam has been washed away by floods due to which traffic to Kalam Bazaar has been suspended.
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