UN Issues $160 Million To Help Pakistan Amid Floods

The United Nations has appealed for $160 million to help Pakistan following flooding that has killed more than 1,100 people.

The Pakistani flood has also affected 33 million others, and destroyed homes, businesses, infrastructure and crops.

“Pakistan is awash in suffering,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday in a message to launch the appeal in Islamabad and Geneva.

“The Pakistani people are facing a monsoon on steroids, the relentless impact of epochal levels of rain and flooding."

The UN chief said the scale of the country’s needs required the world’s collective and prioritised attention.

Guterres also said Pakistan’s flooding was a signal to the world to step up action against climate change.

Torrential rain in Pakistan has triggered flash floods that have crashed down mountains, wrecking buildings and bridges and washing away roads and crops.

Meteorologists have also warned of more rains in the coming weeks.