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UNITED NATIONS secretary-general Antonio Guterres said today that the world owes Pakistan “massive” help in recovering from devastating floods because other nations have contributed much more to climate change, which experts say may have helped trigger the disaster.
Months of monsoons and flooding have killed 1,391 people and affected 3.3 million, while half a million have become homeless.
Planeloads of aid from the United States, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other countries have begun arriving, but more remains to be done, Mr Guterres said.
The ongoing floods in Pakistan could have been largely prevented, writes ABDUL RAHMAN
