More than 1,000 people have died in flooding and 33 million others impacted in flood-ravaged Pakistan. 9News
are threatening to engulf up to a third of the nation by the end of the monsoon season, taking a high toll on lives but also infrastructure, and wreaking havoc on crops across farmland in the middle of a food crisis."The world needs to come to Pakistan's assistance to deal with the effects of climate change," he told CNN.
"Our needs assessment showed that we are already seeing a major increase in cases of diarrhoea, skin infections, malaria and other illnesses," she said.On Tuesday, the US Agency for International Development announced it will provide US$30 million in humanitarian assistance in response to the flooding in Pakistan.
Also on Tuesday, China will send two aircraft carrying 3000 tents and Japan will send tarpaulins and shelters, the statement said, adding that the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Azerbaijan have announced financial assistance. Peter Ophoff, head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Pakistan told CNN he had not seen anything on the scale of the floods in nearly three decades working for the aid agency. The country was, however, hit with similarly devastating floods in 2010.
Among 1136 people killed since mid-June were 386 children, the National Disaster Management Agency said Monday, as the unrelenting rain raised fears of more fatalities to come. Nearly half a million homes have been destroyed, according to NDMA.
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