The Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN ), Antonio Guterres visited this Saturday (10) several areas of the Pakistan devastated by floods, ending a two-day trip aimed at raising awareness of the disaster.
rains record monsoons and melting glaciers in the northern mountains have triggered floods that have killed more than 1,391 people, sweeping away homes, roads, railways, bridges, livestock and crops.
Large areas of the country are inundated and hundreds of thousands of people have been forced from their homes.
The government says the lives of nearly 33 million people have been impacted. Pakistan estimates $30 billion in damage, and both the government and Guterres blame the floods on climate change.
“It’s hard not to be deeply moved to hear such detailed descriptions of the tragedy,” Guterres said after landing in Sindh, according to a video released by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s office.
A video released by Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb shows Guterres sitting next to Sharif looking out over areas damaged by the floods through an aircraft window. “Unimaginable,” Guterres said, assessing the damage.
Source: CNN Brasil
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