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Pakistan: After the flood

The devastating floods in Pakistan this year affected almost 14 million people, eclipsing even the 2004 tsunami.

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It was the worst flooding to hit the South Asian nation in at least 80 years - and despite pleas for assistance, critics said international donors were not forthcoming.

"This disaster is worse than the tsunami, the 2005 Pakistan earthquake and the Haiti earthquake," Maurizio Giuliano, a spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in August.

CNN revisited the tragedy at the end of a terrible year for Pakistan.


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