UN seeks $160m to help Pakistan amid ‘epochal’ monsoon floods

UN seeks $160m to help Pakistan as More than 1,100 people killed and 33 million others affected by flooding that has destroyed homes, businesses, infrastructure.

In response to “epochal” rains and flooding that have killed more than 1,100 people, affected 33 million people, and destroyed homes, businesses, infrastructure, and crops, the UN has made an appeal for $160 million to assist Pakistan.

Flash floods that came crashing down from northern mountains as a result of torrential rain destroyed bridges, crops, and buildings.

Flooding is occurring along the Indus river’s entire length as enormous amounts of water are pouring into it from Pakistan’s northern peaks to its southern plains.

In a video message to introduce the appeal in Islamabad and Geneva on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres declared that “Pakistan is awash in suffering.”

The relentless impact of epochal amounts of rain and flooding is what Guterres described as “the Pakistani people facing a monsoon on steroids.”
More than 33 million people, or more than 15% of Pakistan’s 220 million people, are estimated to have been impacted by the floods.

The head of the UN claimed that the magnitude of the needs of the nation required the attention of the entire world, given top priority.

Additionally, Guterres stated that the flooding in Pakistan was a warning to the world to intensify efforts to combat climate change.

He urged people to “stop sleepwalking toward the climate change that will destroy our planet.”

“Pakistan is the topic today. It might be your nation tomorrow.