Flood of the century submerges India, Pakistan
A Kashmiri woman reacts inside a flood-damaged house in Srinagar, Sept. 18, 2014.
The main city in Indian Kashmir has "drowned completely" under floodwaters, a senior official said, with the deadly inundation now affecting about two million people in neighboring Pakistan and threatening its all-important cotton industry.
Srinigar, India
A Kashmiri woman opens a drum of rice destroyed by the flood in Srinagar, Sept. 15, 2014. Indian emergency workers are trying to prevent waterborne diseases from spreading, as fetid water swirled around the Kashmir valley more than a week after the region's worst flooding in more than a century.
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Children displaced by floods find clothes among a pile of donations at a relief camp run by Jamaat-e-Islami, a Muslim religious group, in Srinagar, Sept. 15, 2014.
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Dead cows are seen in a flooded area in Srinagar, Sept. 15, 2014.
Indian emergency workers are battling waterborne diseases like cholera from spreading as fetid water swilled around the Kashmir valley more than a week after the worst flooding in more than a century.
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A Kashmir woman checks her utensils inside her waterlogged kitchen in Srinagar, Sept. 17, 2014.
Both the Indian and Pakistani sides of the disputed Himalayan region have seen extensive flooding this month with Srinagar particularly hard hit. Hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands are homeless.
Srinigar, India
An aerial view showing buildings partially submerged in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept.10, 2014.
Multan district, Pakistan
A Pakistani man looks at a sack of relief goods dropped from a helicopter in the flooded village in the Multan district, Pakistan, Sept. 14, 2014.
Civil and military officials have been using helicopters and boats to evacuate marooned people since Sept. 3, when floods triggered by monsoon rains hit Pakistan and Kashmir, which is divided between Pakistan and neighboring India. Hundreds of people have died in the flooding.
Multan district, Pakistan
A Pakistani soldier drops relief goods in a flooded village in the Multan district, Pakistan on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014.
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A shopkeeper throws the silt he removed from his shop into the receding flood waters in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sept. 16, 2014.
Health workers were scrambling Tuesday to manage a mounting health crisis nearly two weeks after massive flooding engulfed much of Kashmir, where they are treating cases of diarrhea, skin allergies and fungus as they hope the stagnant waters do not create conditions for more serious disease outbreaks.
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Kashmiri people wade through a water-logged street in the Lal Chowk area of Srinagar, Sept. 17, 2014. The main city in Indian Kashmir has "drowned completely" under floodwaters, a senior official said, with the deadly inundation now affecting about two million people in neighboring Pakistan.
Muzzafargarh, Pakistan
Flood victims receive food from local NGOs in Muzzafargarh, Punjab province, Pakistan, Sept. 15, 2014.
About 150,000 people were still stranded in their homes a week after Indian Kashmir's worst flood in over a century and fears grew on Sunday of an outbreak of diseases from vast fields of stagnant brown water.
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A Kashmiri shopkeeper stacks flood-damaged shoes on the street outside his flood-affected shop at the Lal Chowk area in Srinagar, Sept. 17, 2014.
Punjab, Pakistan
A Pakistani woman affected by flooding sits on a charpai along with her children on high ground in Sher Shah, a town in Multan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan, Sept. 16, 2014.
Multan, Pakistan
Pakistani relatives mourn over the body of a resident who drowned when the boat he was traveling in capsized following flooding in Multan, Pakistan, Sept. 15, 2014.
At least 17 people including a bridegroom and two children drowned on Sept. 14 when a rescue boat carrying a wedding party capsized in flood-hit central Pakistan, officials said.
Multan, Pakistan
Floodwaters surround homes on the outskirts of Multan, Pakistan, Sept. 14, 2014.
Shuja Abaad, Pakistan
Residents affected by flooding use a boat to transport livestock through floodwaters in Shuja Abaad, some 40 kms from Multan, Sept. 14, 2014.
Karachi, Pakistan
Pakistani memebers of the Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF), a charity organisation of the banned Islamic hardline group Jamat ud Dawa, prepare food supplies to be distributed among residents affected by flooding in Karachi, Sept. 14, 2014.
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A Kashmiri minority Sikh prepares food for flood victims at a relief camp established at a gurdwara in Srinagar, Sept. 14, 2014.
Rescuers struggled to reach more than 200,000 people still stranded in Indian Kashmir as deadly floodwaters receded, revealing horrific devastation in the Himalayan region including neighboring Pakistan, officials said.
Sher Shah, Pakistan
Pakistani residents wade through floodwater in Sher Shah, a town in Multan District of Punjab province, Sept. 13, 2014. The floods began in Kashmir after heavy monsoon rains and are now progressing downstream through Pakistan, inundating thousands of villages and large areas of important farmland in the country's breadbasket. Pakistan's Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said that two million people have been affected by the floodwaters -- a figure that includes both those stranded at home and those who fled after the floods hit.
Srinigar, India
Flood victims wave towards an Indian Air Force (IAF) plane for relief materials in Srinagar, Sept. 11, 2014. Authorities in Kashmir collected the bodies of women and children floating in the streets on Thursday as anger mounted over what many survivors said was a bungled operation to help those caught in the region's worst flooding in 50 years.
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An aerial view shows flooded houses and streets in Srinagar, Sept. 11, 2014. Authorities in Kashmir collected the bodies of women and children floating in the streets as anger mounted over what many survivors said was a bungled operation to help those caught in the region's worst flooding in 50 years.
Srinigar, India
An aerial view taken from an Indian Air Force helicopter shows the flooded Srinagar city, Sept. 11, 2014.
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A flood victim talks with relatives as he sits on a boat while being evacuated with his family from his flooded house, following heavy rain in Jhang, Punjab province, Sept. 11, 2014.
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Indian army soldiers rescue a Kashmiri girl from her flooded house in Srinagar, Sept. 10, 2014.
Jhang, Pakistan
Army soldiers unload boats to be used for evacuating flood victims from their flooded houses following heavy rain in Jhang, Punjab province, Sept. 10, 2014.
The prime ministers of India and Pakistan have offered to help each other in efforts to alleviate flood havoc in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, lowering tension between the rival nations after weeks of army clashes and heated rhetoric.
Srinigar, India
A Kashmiri man looses his balance on his makeshift boat after he was hit by a wave as he tries to travel to safety in Srinagar, Sept. 7, 2014.
Authorities declared a disaster alert in the northern region after heavy rain hit villages across the Kashmir valley, causing the worst flooding in two decades.
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Kashmiri men pull a woman from the side embankment of a bridge during rain in Srinagar, Sept. 6, 2014.
Jammu
A temple stands amid the waters of the overflowing river Tawi during heavy rains in Jammu, Sept. 6, 2014.
Authorities declared a disaster alert in the northern region after heavy rain hit villages across the Kashmir valley, causing the worst flooding in two decades.
Lahore, Pakistan
Pakistani flood affected families gather along the Ravi river on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, Sept. 2, 2013.
Punjab, Pakistan
Flood victims sit by a damaged road as they look over floodwaters in Muzzafargarh, Punjab province, Sept. 15, 2014.
Srinigar, India
Vehicles are driven through a flooded street in Srinagar, Sept. 14, 2014. About 150,000 people were still stranded in their homes a week after Indian Kashmir's worst flood in over a century and fears grew on Sunday of an outbreak of diseases from vast fields of stagnant brown water.
Srinigar, India
A man washes a piece of cloth at a partially submerged hand pump in a flood-affected area on the outskirts of Srinagar, Sept. 18, 2014. Both the Indian and Pakistan sides of the disputed Himalayan territory have been hit by extensive flooding since the Jhelum river, swollen by unusually heavy rain, surged two weeks ago. Thousands have been left stranded, homeless and hungry in the city of Srinagar, most of which was submerged by the region's worst flooding in 50 years.