UN: 5.7 million Pakistani flood victims to face food crisis

By MUNIR AHMED
Associated Press

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations humanitarian agency is warning that 5.7 million flood survivors in Pakistan will face a food crisis in the next three months. Meanwhile, a top U.N. official Monday announced an increase in the humanitarian appeal for Pakistan to $816 million from $160 million. It said in a tweet that the agency and its humanitarian partners have scaled up their response and so far delivered aid to 1.6 million people directly affected by the deluges across Pakistan. It also said floodwaters have receded by up to 78% in southwestern Sindh province, where outbreaks of waterborne diseases are on the rise. Such ailments have caused hundreds of deaths in the province since July.