160 million US dollars in emergency funding for Pakistan flood victims

Pakistan health authorities have expressed concern about the risk of water-borne diseases spreading in flood-ravaged areas. With large swathes of the country covered in murky flood waters, the death toll surged past 1,200 on Friday.

The United Nations and Pakistan have jointly issued an appeal for 160 million US dollars in emergency funding to help the 3.3 million people affected by the floods.

So far, Pakistan has received aid from China, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, Uzbekistan, the United Arab Emirates and some other countries. The United States announced 30 million dollars worth of aid for the flood victims earlier this week.