AlertNet: Ghulam Qadir suffered a heart attack when he saw the rushing floodwaters swamping the rice crop he had been about to harvest in the village of Bakhshapur. "My father crashed to the ground in agony when he saw the damage to his 22 acres (8.9 hectares) of rice,' said Qadir's 21-year-old son Bilal Hussain. "His life was saved by quick medical attention, but doctors say it will take months for him to recover from the shock.' Qadir, 49, is one of about 4.8 million people affected by the monsoon...
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