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Over 18 million people have been affected by the worst flooding in 80 years and over 1.2 million houses have been washed away, destroyed or damaged.
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With livestock killed by the flood waters, and stock for small businesses washed away, many people have been left with no means of making a living.
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The scale of this disaster is huge.
Millions are in urgent need of food, clean drinking water, shelter and medical care.
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This emergency is an
organisational
priority for ActionAid.
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Working with long-term partners, we have so far reached over 8,500 most vulnerable flood affected families across the country.
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Over the coming weeks we will be scaling up our response to reach many thousands more of those in need. In the longer term, we’ll be helping people to rebuild their lives – supporting people to earn an income once again, and working to make communities safer and more resilient to future disasters.
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