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Flood disaster in Pakistan is getting bigger: UN humanitarian chief
The disaster in Pakistan, already one of the largest crises in the world, is increasing, according to the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos.
Pakistan floods
Ms. Amos on Wednesday travelled to the heavily flooded Sindh province in southern Pakistan.
She met close to seven million people affected by floods in the province and reviewed ongoing relief efforts by local officials and the humanitarian community.
She noted that the crisis in Sindh province alone is bigger than anything most countries have faced.
With 21 million people affected across Pakistan, she said, this cannot be treated as just another crisis.
It is an immense and still unfolding catastrophe, the United Nations humanitarian chief stressed.
"The humanitarian community has so much to offer here", she said, adding that a lot of needless suffering can be prevented if humanitarian operations on the ground are scaled up properly.
Ms. Amos pledged to ask supporters "to dig deeper" as the humanitarian community needs a lot more resources in Pakistan.
Jocelyne Sambira, UN Radio
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