the united nations is leading a global appeal to help pakistan cope with the devastating floods which have left a third of the country under water and killed more than 1,100 people. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected but mountainous regions in the north west have also been badly hit. the crisis is not over yet as heavy rain continues and water surges down the indus river. sean dilley reports. in some parts of pakistan, it s been relentless. more than 33 million people have been affected by flooding in the country s heaviest rain for more than a decade. this year s monsoon season has claimed well over 1,100 lives since june. more than 3,500 kilometres of road have been damaged, and over 993,000 homes, too. in the northern city of sukkur, temporary retreat for families washed out of their homes. translation: our houses have i collapsed because of the floods. we had a home and it was enough for us. now all our belongings are buried und
good morning. high pressure is firmly in charge of our weather so things are fairly settled. sunny spells, just a few showers, warm it tomorrow and an increased chance of rain for friday. all the details later in the programme. it s tuesday the 30th of august. the united nations will lead a global appeal today to help pakistan cope with the devastating floods which have left a third of the country under water and killed more than 1,100 people. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected but mountainous regions in the north west have also been badly hit. the crisis is not over yet as heavy rain continues and water surges down the indus river. our reporter sean dilley has the latest details. in some parts of pakistan, it s been relentless. more than 33 million people have been affected by flooding in the country s heaviest rain for more than a decade. this year s monsoon season has claimed well over 1,100 lives since june. more than 3,500 kilo
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the future pakistan needs to focus less on the national disaster management authority which has not been very visible, the provincial disaster management authorities have been more visible, but why have a disaster management authority, why not a disaster prevention authority? instead of spending money on repair, why not protection? why not protection? earlier i spoke to a ouna why not protection? earlier i spoke to a young woman, why not protection? earlier i spoke to a young woman, earlier - why not protection? earlier i spoke to a young woman, earlier in - why not protection? earlier i spoke to a young woman, earlier in the l to a young woman, earlier in the week, she is trying to contact her family who are eight hours away she is very. she alleged that aid going to the region is being stopped by local leaders and we have also heard that elsewhere. when aid is being sent to places, is it being held up? i heard this too may be a month ago. the government centre huge motivate materi
yens laerke is from the un s humanitarian office in geneva and joins us now. good morning, thank you for talking to us today. tell us about the appeal that united nations is announcing today. appeal that united nations is announcing today. good morning, sall . in announcing today. good morning, sally- in a announcing today. good morning, sally- in a few announcing today. good morning, sally. in a few hours announcing today. good morning, sally. in a few hours we announcing today. good morning, sally. in a few hours we are - announcing today. good morning, sally. in a few hours we are goingj sally. in a few hours we are going to launch here from geneva and simultaneously in islamabad in pakistan our humanitarian appeal for $160 million. that is to help over 5 million of those people who are worst affected by this historic flood. we haven t seen anything like this for decades. but we need now is to get the life saving response up in the air, some response is already going, but no