UN issues flash appeal for $160 million to help Pakistan with floods

Record ID: 1686847

  • Title: UN issues flash appeal for $160 million to help Pakistan with floods
  • Date: 30th August 2022
  • Summary: RATODERO, SINDH PROVINCE, PAKISTAN (AUGUST 29, 2022) (REUTERS) (MUTE) DRONE SHOT OF FLOOD WATERS SURROUNDING HOUSES AND TREES VARIOUS OF MAN HOLDING ROPE COT ON HEAD WADING THROUGH WAIST-DEEP WATER PEOPLE DISPLACED BY FLOODS LIVING IN MAKESHIFT ROADSIDE TENTS VARIOUS OF ELDERLY WOMAN SITTING IN TENT
  • Embargoed: 13th September 2022 15:14
  • Keywords: OCHA Pakistan United Nations WHO appeal flood humanitarian aid
  • Location: RATODERO, SINDH PROVINCE AND CHARSADDA, PAKISTAN / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
  • City: RATODERO, SINDH PROVINCE AND CHARSADDA, PAKISTAN / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
  • Country: Pakistan
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents,Floods
  • Reuters ID: LVA001154630082022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:The United Nations issued a flash appeal on Tuesday (August 30) for $160 million to help Pakistan cope with floods that have killed more than 1,100 people, affected 33 million, and destroyed homes, businesses, infrastructure, and crops.
    Early estimates put the damage from the floods at more than $10 billion, the government has said, adding that the world had an obligation to help the South Asian country cope with the effects of man-made climate change.
    “Heavy rains have pounded the country and an estimated 33 million people are affected. According to the government, over 1,000 people have died, amongst them, hundreds of children. Nearly one million homes have been damaged and over 700,000 livestock have been lost,” OCHA spokesman, Jens Laerke told a news briefing in Geneva.
    Torrential rain has triggered flash floods that have crashed down from northern mountains, destroying buildings and bridges and washing away roads and crops.
    Huge volumes of water are pouring into the Indus river, which flows down the middle of the country from its northern peaks to southern plains, bringing flooding along its length.
    Laerke said the $160 million the UN hoped to raise with the appeal would provide 5.2 million people with food, water, sanitation, emergency education, and health support.
    “When we hear ‘flooding’, we very often just think about people drowning, but it's so much more to it. You have crush injuries from the debris floating in the water. You have electrical shocks from wires going around. You have the lack of drinking water,” said WHO spokesman, Christian Lindmeier, adding that 888 health facilities have been damaged.
    (Production: Cecile Mantovani)
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