Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in Pakistan's northern mountains have brought floods that have affected 33 million people and killed at least 1,314, including 458 children, Pakistan's National Disaster Management Agency said.
More than 1,300 people killed, millions of homes destroyed by flooding caused by unusually heavy rainsVictims of unprecedented flooding from monsoon rains use a cot to salvage belongings from their flooded home, in Jaffarabad, Pakistan, on Monday.Two UNHCR planes touched down in the southern port city of Karachi, and two more were expected later in the day. A third plane, with aid from Turkmenistan, also landed in Karachi.
In response to the unfolding disaster, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres last week called on the world to stop "sleepwalking" through the crisis. He plans to visit flood-hit areas on Friday. 'Today, it's Pakistan. Tomorrow, it could be your country,' UN chief says in appeal for $160M US in flood aid
Last week, the United States announced $30 million US in aid for Pakistani flood victims. On Monday, two members of the U.S. Congress, Sheila Jackson Lee and Tom Suozzi, met with Pakistani officials and visited some of the stricken areas, the government said.
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