8 August 2010
The BBC
Flood-ravaged Pakistan hit by deadly landslips
Some four million people are expected to need food aid for three months
Landslides have inundated two villages in northern Pakistan, as heavy rain continues to hamper efforts to help millions affected by flooding.
Officials said 28 bodies had been recovered and 25 more people were missing after the landslides.
Pakistani media reported dozens more flood-related deaths as officials admitted they were struggling to cope.
At least 1,600 people have died in the nation's worst deluge in 80 years. Some 14 million people have been affected.
The landslides hit two villages in Gilgit-Baltistan province on Saturday, and officials are still trying to recover bodies from under the mud.
In another flood-related incident, at least 14 people were killed when a lorry carrying people across a river in Lower Dir province was swept away, according to local media.
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Most of the deaths have occurred in northern Pakistan, but as the rain has continued, the south is now also on red alert.
One dam in the southern Sindh province has already been breached, and engineers are warning that the huge Tarbela and Mangla dams in the north are close to their maximum levels.
At the scene
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Aleem Maqbool
BBC News, Peshawar
When the flood waters gushed through Gulbela in north-west Pakistan, Zaheer Shah's house was turned into a pile of bricks in an instant.
He showed us where his kitchen and bathroom had been, and where his livestock had been killed. His family survived, but without homes or belongings life has been miserable.
Some international aid is finally arriving in Mr Shah's town. The UK has just sent its first military plane full of urgently needed tents to Pakistan. Mr Shah was one of the lucky ones, he queued all morning for his tent, but said he was grateful that his children could at least shelter together.
Pakistan's meteorological office has warned that at least two more days of rain are expected in Sindh, where authorities have declared an "imminent" and "extreme" flood threat |
