*ISLAMABAD: The United Nations (UN) issued a flash appeal for $160 millionto help Pakistan cope with catastrophic floods that have killed more than1,100 people and affected 33 million people.*

“Pakistan is awash in suffering,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterressaid in a video message for the launch of the appeal in Islamabad andGeneva.

He further said: “The Pakistani people are facing a monsoon on steroids –the relentless impact of epochal levels of rain and flooding.”

Antonio Guterres said the scale of needs, with millions of people forcedfrom their homes, schools and health facilities destroyed and livelihoodsshattered by the climate catastrophe, required the world’s collective andprioritised attention.

Guterres said the $160 million he hoped to raise with the appeal wouldprovide 5.2 million people with food, water, sanitation, emergencyeducation and health support.