Cost of Pakistan Flood

The Pakistan flood that occured this summer caused around $9.7 billion in damage.  This flood cost more than an earthquake that hit Pakistan in 2005 that killed over 86,000 people.  Specifically agriculture and livestoke were hit hard along with homes and the infrastucture of Pakistan.  Some of the results to the human population were 1,700 deaths, 20 million displaced, 700,000 cases of acute diarrhea, 800,000 cases of acute respitory infection, 1 million cases of skin infection, and 183,000 cases of malaria. U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton said there needs to be economic reforms to help out those affected by the flood. "The most important step that Pakistan can take is to pass meaningful reforms that will expand its tax base. The government must require that the economically affluent and elite in Pakistan support the government and people of Pakistan."

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/10/14/pakistan.flood.cost/index.html