Rain killed more than 200 in Pakistan


	Rain killed more than 200 in Pakistan

invictus

6-24-2007 10:27 PM

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6-25-2007 12:38 PM

arifsali

That's a lot of people to be killed by rain.

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KARACHI (Reuters) - 
Storms and torrential rain have killed
more than 200 people in Pakistan's biggest city, <SPAN id="lw_1182717226_0">Karachi</SPAN>, a
provincial minister said on Sunday, and left angry residents
without power.
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228," provincial Health Minister Sardar Ahmed told Reuters.
"These deaths are caused by electrocution, falling trees, house
collapses and road accidents."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070624/wl_nm/southasia_rains_corrected_dc"><P>More bad weather is forecast for <SPAN id="lw_1182717226_1">Pakistan</SPAN> and neighboring
<SPAN id="lw_1182717226_2">India</SPAN>, where dozens have died after prolonged downpours across
the country in the last few days. Aid workers and military
helicopters in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh were
battling on Sunday to provide food for 200,000 people displaced
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