Pakistan flooding's $1bn damage to crops threatens food security

Government declares emergency as disaster pushes up prices

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Villagers gather outside their homes, surrounded by floodwaters, in the village of Tiba Gheal, in northeast Pakistan, on Sept. 2. © AP

ADNAN AAMIR

ISLAMABAD -- Massive floods since mid-August have inflicted over $1 billion in damage on Pakistan's agriculture sector, worsening the country's food security crisis and prompting the government to declare an emergency.

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