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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 3,50 ....
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 ....
And so we re bracing to the west. we have already seen about 33 million people affected, and that s a huge part of the entire population of pakistan, particularly in sindh. if there is more to come that will put more pressure on the response to get out as quickly as we can to people. yens laerke from the un humanitarian office, thank you. yens laerke from the un humanitarian office, thank you. we - office, thank you. thank you. we will speak office, thank you. thank you. we will speak to office, thank you. thank you. we will speak to the office, thank you. thank you. we will speak to the boxer office, thank you. thank you. we will speak to the boxer amir - office, thank you. thank you. we| will speak to the boxer amir khan who has family in pakistan and he, having seen the devastation of the previous floods ten years ago, wants to lend his support to the latest appeal. to lend his support to the latest a- eal. , to lend his support to the latest a. eal, , , ., to lend his ....