Disease adds to woes in flood-hit Pakistan

Aid agencies are warning that outbreaks of disease are posing new risks to the victims of Pakistan's worst floods in decades.

Aid agencies are warning that outbreaks of disease are posing new risks to the victims of Pakistan's worst floods in decades.

The floods have killed more than 1,600 people and caused more than two million people to be displaced from their homes.

The torrential downpours have disrupted the lives of an estimated 8% of the population.

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