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Pakistan flooding "only the start of a bigger catastrophe"

The magnitude and impact of the Pakistan superflood "is almost impossible to comprehend," said IFRC Vice-President Mohamed Al Maadheed of Qatar last weekend. The visit coincided with a major stepping up of the Red Cross Red Crescent response.

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