UN seeking $160M emergency aid for Pakistan floods

Описание: (30 Aug 2022)
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Sindh - 30 August 2022
1. Various of residents in floodwater, residents collecting objects, flooded properties
HEADLINE: UN seeking $160M emergency aid for Pakistan floods
ANNOTATION: The U.N. and Pakistan are appealing for $160 million in emergency funding for nearly a half million displaced flood victims.
ANNOTATION: Monsoon rains drenched Pakistan since mid-June, killing more than 1,150 people, damaged one million houses and affected 33 million people in total.
2. Various of child and woman retrieving clothes from suitcases
ANNOTATION: The rain stopped more than two days ago, but Pakistanis are still walking through waist-deep water to retrieve items from their damaged homes.
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Laki village, Shikarpur - 30 August 2022
3. Various of 60-year-old displaced resident Noor Khatoon at relief camp in government building
ANNOTATION: Noor Khatoon fled to a relief camp after floodwater reached the property she was in at her village in Sindh province.
4. SOUNDBITE (Sindhi) Noor Khatoon, displaced resident:
"As heavy monsoon rain started and floodwater came into our village, everyone including women and children ran away and left everything behind. We left the village by foot, our houses collapsed."
5. Khatoon standing with other women, showing their identification cards
ANNOTATION: Rescuers are evacuating stranded people to safer ground, including makeshift tent camps that have sprung up along highways, and inundated villages.
6. Various of kids in relief camp
ANNOTATION: According to the National Disaster Management Authority, at least 498,000 people in the country of 220 million are in relief camps after being displaced.
7. Various of girl sleeping
8. Various of flood affected women receiving cash and aid
ANNOTATION: Pakistan started receiving international aid this week, and more planes carrying aid from Turkey and the United Arab Emirates landed on Tuesday.
ANNOTATION: According to initial government estimates, the devastation caused $10 billion in damage to the economy.
STORYLINE:
The United Nations and Pakistan appealed on Tuesday for $160 million in emergency funding for nearly half a million displaced victims of record-breaking floods that have killed more than 1,150 people since mid-June, officials said.
Pakistani authorities backed by the military, rescuers and volunteers have been battling the aftermath of the floods that have affected more than 33 million people, or one in seven Pakistanis.
Although rains stopped three days ago and flood waters in some areas were receding, large areas remain underwater.
Rescuers were evacuating stranded people to safer ground, including makeshift tent camps have sprung up along highways, inundated villages and towns.
According to initial government estimates, the devastation caused $10 billion in damage to the economy.
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