UN chief views ‘unimaginable’ damage in visit to Pakistan’s flood-hit areas
by Reuters in Islamabad from Environment | The Guardian on (#63FHV)
Antonio Guterres calls for massive financial support' in wake of disaster that has killed at least 1,391 people
The United Nations secretary general, Antonio Guterres, has visited several areas of Pakistan ravaged by floods, as he rounded off a two-day trip aimed at raising awareness of the disaster.
Record monsoon rains and glacier melt in the country's northern mountains have triggered floods that have killed at least 1,391 people, sweeping away houses, roads, railway tracks, bridges, livestock and crops.
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