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PAKISTAN: Monsoon rains in Pakistan coupled with glacial melting and flash floods have claimed nine20150725-pakistan-floods-main-1-(1).jpg lives and affected over 322,000 people in the provinces of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan and Baluchistan, causing urban flooding in the major cities of Lahore, Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The Pakistan Red Crescent Society has distributed tents, blankets, tarpaulin sheets, kitchen sets, hygiene kits, mosquito nets, stoves and jerry cans to 93 families in Chitral District whose houses have been fully damaged. They have either been staying with relatives or taking shelter in partially damaged school buildings or under the open sky. For many years the Red Crescent district branch in Chitral has been active in training community volunteers and is already linked up with several community based organisations in the affected areas. The branch already had pre-positioned stock of essential non-food items for almost 300 families and will continue with its emergency response activities as soon as other affected areas become accessible after roads are restored.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: In recent weeks, thousands of people in the Indonesian Province of Papua have been suffering the effects of a severe cold wave that has left remote communities in need of food and clean water. Local water sources are reportedly frozen or have been contaminated and supplies of bottled water are unavailable in local markets. In response, the Red Cross has so far distributed 500 gallons of drinking water, blankets and instant food to help 182,000 people who are in need of humanitarian assistance. 

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