Flooding in Pakistan

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=46983

The flooding in Pakistan is caused from heavy monsoon raining.  The thing i found surprised about this story is that the flooded waters could stick around Pakistan for another 6 months! That is such a long time.  I could not even imagine having to deal with that.  When the Chippewa River it was only for a couple of days and made a big difference, so I could not imagine having to deal with having that extra water around for 6 months.  I have no idea what kind of mitigation can occur or how the people in the immediate area are going to deal with it.  It will be interesting to hear what happens to this area as the 6 months occur because if there is any more rain they will be in even more trouble.