Second wave of flooding threatens southern Pakistan

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http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/13/pakistan.floods/?hpt=T2

A second wave of floodwater is expected to wash through southern Pakistan this weekend, adding hundreds of thousands of people to the number already stranded by a first wave earlier this month, Pakistani officials said.

At least 1,384 people have died and another 1,630 have been injured by flooding that damaged or destroyed 8,300 Pakistani villages so far, according to National Disaster Management Authority spokesman Ahmed Kamal.

The United Nations said it was racing against time to reach the suffering.

"Relief supplies must reach women, men, and children as soon as possible, in order to avoid further death caused by waterborne diseases and food shortages," said Martin Mogwanja, the United Nations' humanitarian coordinator for Pakistan.

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