Meanwhile, conditions are worsening again in Pakistan, with severe weather expected in the flood-affected provinces of Baluchistan and Sindh over the next few days. Serious damage to coffee plantations by heavy winds in the major growing areas of the eastern coast are reported, and banana, orange, avocado and cocoa trees have also been seriously affected. Officials estimate that more than a million people in tsunami-hit Indian Ocean nations are facing a similar predicament due to official bans by chastened governments on reconstruction along devastated coastlines. With winter approaching they will need food, medicines and above all, a secure home environment," he says.