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Monsoon Floods Kill 80 in Pakistan, Afghanistan

A tractor tows residents through flood waters to a safe place on the outskirts of Karachi, August 4, 2013. 
1/8 A tractor tows residents through flood waters to a safe place on the outskirts of Karachi, August 4, 2013. 
Forecasters are predicting more heavy rain for Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, where monsoon floods have already killed more than 80 people.
A Pakistani empties a bucket of muddy water from his home flooded by heavy rains in Peshawar, Pakistan, August 3, 2013. 
2/8 A Pakistani empties a bucket of muddy water from his home flooded by heavy rains in Peshawar, Pakistan, August 3, 2013. 
Forecasters are predicting more heavy rain for Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, where monsoon floods have already killed more than 80 people.
Pakistani soldiers rescue a family from an area flooded by heavy rains on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, August 4, 2013. 
3/8 Pakistani soldiers rescue a family from an area flooded by heavy rains on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan, August 4, 2013. 
Forecasters are predicting more heavy rain for Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, where monsoon floods have already killed more than 80 people.
A Pakistani paramilitary soldier stands guard at a checkpoint as people on a pickup truck head to their village after authorities reopen the road in Bara, a town in the Pakistan Khyber Tribal region along the Afghan border, August 3, 2013.
4/8 A Pakistani paramilitary soldier stands guard at a checkpoint as people on a pickup truck head to their village after authorities reopen the road in Bara, a town in the Pakistan Khyber Tribal region along the Afghan border, August 3, 2013.
Forecasters are predicting more heavy rain for Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, where monsoon floods have already killed more than 80 people.
Pakistanis remove their belonging from a home flooded by heavy torrential rains in Peshawar, Pakistan, August 3, 2013. 
5/8 Pakistanis remove their belonging from a home flooded by heavy torrential rains in Peshawar, Pakistan, August 3, 2013. 
Forecasters are predicting more heavy rain for Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, where monsoon floods have already killed more than 80 people.
Residents wait to cross a flooded road on the outskirts of Karachi, August 4, 2013. At least a dozen people were killed in accidents caused by torrential rain which hit different parts of the port city of Karachi.
6/8 Residents wait to cross a flooded road on the outskirts of Karachi, August 4, 2013. At least a dozen people were killed in accidents caused by torrential rain which hit different parts of the port city of Karachi.
Forecasters are predicting more heavy rain for Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, where monsoon floods have already killed more than 80 people.
People and vehicles pass on a road flooded by heavy territorial rains in Peshawar, Pakistan, August 3, 2013.
7/8 People and vehicles pass on a road flooded by heavy territorial rains in Peshawar, Pakistan, August 3, 2013.
Forecasters are predicting more heavy rain for Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, where monsoon floods have already killed more than 80 people.
Family members wait for rescue workers after their vehicle was submerged in flood waters on the outskirts of Karachi, August 4, 2013. 
8/8 Family members wait for rescue workers after their vehicle was submerged in flood waters on the outskirts of Karachi, August 4, 2013. 
Forecasters are predicting more heavy rain for Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, where monsoon floods have already killed more than 80 people.
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Forecasters are predicting more heavy rain Monday for Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, where monsoon floods have already killed more than 80 people.

The bad weather has destroyed many homes and wiped out farmland. The Pakistani city of Karachi was especially hard hit. Floods washed away roads and knocked out power to large parts of the city.

Soldiers have come in to help clear debris and bring in hot meals.

Fierce monsoon rains are an annual event in South Asia, but the last three years have been particularly disastrous.

Floods in 2010 killed at least 1,800 people and forced millions from their homes.

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