Guterres called upon the international community to “step up in solidarity and support the people of Pakistan in their hour of need.” Funds would help provide 5.2 million people with food, water, sanitation, emergency education, protection and health services. Secretary-General António Guterres said Tuesday in an appeal for $160 million in aid. “Let’s stop sleepwalking towards the destruction of our planet by climate change,” U.N.
“Now the most devastating monsoon rains in a decade are causing incessant destruction across the country.”Ī flood victim takes refuge along a road in a makeshift tent, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Mehar, Pakistan, on Aug. “Pakistan was already facing the disastrous effects of climate change,” Rehman said at a news conference Thursday. Pakistan’s top climate official, Sherry Rehman, called the crisis a “climate-induced humanitarian disaster of epic proportions.” A third of the nation’s land is under water, and more than 33 million Pakistanis, nearly 14 percent of the population, have been affected by the ongoing deluge, according to the United Nations and the National Disaster Management Authority of Pakistan.Ībout 735,000 livestock have been lost and more than 2 million acres of farmlands have been damaged - a significant toll for Pakistan’s agricultural sector, which accounts for almost a fifth of the nation’s GDP and employs more than a third of the nation’s workers. Pakistan has received nearly three times the national 30-year average this season. 7.Flooding caused by torrential monsoon rains have claimed more than 1,100 lives in Pakistan since June, while millions have been left stranded and desperate for immediate aid.The Affair Season 5 Trailer Hints Noah and Helen Could Get Back Together 5.Mark Hamill Campaigns for Carrie Fisher to Replace Donald Trump on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.4.Best New Shows and Movies on Netflix This Week: Dark, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.3.The Hollywood Walk of Fame 2020 Class Is Here.1.New Stranger Things Trailer Teases That This Will Be The Worst Summer Ever.4.Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone.
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