Скачать или смотреть Survivors in makeshift camps urge authorities to come to their aid

(13 Sep 2014) Military specialists blew up dikes in central Pakistan to divert swollen rivers and save cities from raging floods that have killed hundreds of people, authorities said on Saturday.
Flood survivors from area around the breached Chenab river were being housed in makeshift camps.
One camp resident said she was upset by the lack of response from authorities to help those in need.
"There's lots of floodwater in our area, we are upset, the government is not giving us anything," said Hafeez Bibi.
The breaches at the overflowing Chenab River were performed overnight as floodwaters reached Multan, a city famous for its Sufi saints.
Pakistan's military said in a statement on Saturday that it was still evacuating people and air-dropping food in the districts of Multan, Muzaffargarh and Jhang.
It said troops had air-dropped tons of food in flood-affected areas, while the army's medical teams were also treating patients.
A spokesman for Pakistan's National Disaster Management authority said rains and floods had killed 280 people and injured more than 500 in Pakistan and Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
He said more than 2 (m) million people had been affected.

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