Field diary: Six days in Pakistan flood zone
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, 15-20 August 2010 - Day one First full day of briefings in Islamabad. The scale of the disaster is unbelievable - and somehow still not understood outside Pakistan. It is a 'slow-evolving, rapid on-set emergency.' The floods span the country unlike anything in decades. Participated in United Nations Secretary-General de-briefing in the evening. He was visibly shocked and said so - the scope of the destruction is massive. Day two Travelled early this morning to Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province - flooding along the expressway and crops are submerged. Charsaddah and Nowshera districts have massive destruction. Mud is everywhere, thousands of people are sleeping in makeshift tents on the median of the road - there is little food and water. UNICEF warehouse there was completely underwater - $1.2 million in emergency supplies lost! Spoke to an older women who....
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Daniel Toole is the UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia based in Kathmandu. He brings to the region experience of development, nutrition, natural disaster and emergency management, and is responsible for ensuring overall policy and programme coherence as well as regional and global advocacy for children in South Asia.
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