UN chief views ‘unimaginable’ damage in visit to Pakistan’s flood-hit areas

António Guterres calls for ‘massive financial support’ in wake of disaster that has killed at least 1,391 people

The United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, has visited several areas of Pakistan ravaged by floods, as he rounded off a two-day trip aimed at raising awareness of the disaster.

Record monsoon rains and glacier melt in the country’s northern mountains have triggered floods that have killed at least 1,391 people, sweeping away houses, roads, railway tracks, bridges, livestock and crops.

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