Pakistan emergency: 20 million affected by devastating floods

The number of people affected by the floods is worse than the tsunami, the 2005 Pakistan earthquake and the Haiti earthquake says the UN.

3 million people are homeless. 450,000 homes have been destroyed or badly damaged.

With their homes and livestock destroyed, millions of families have had their lives turned upside down. Displaced families are camping on roadsides. Many lack shelter, food, and clean water.
Cholera has been confirmed and other deadly water-borne diseases are a very real possibility.  

Our goal is to reach and serve 2 million of the most vulnerable survivors, but the needs are massive and growing fast.
"The people of Pakistan urgently need the support of the international community," said Mengesha Kebede, UNHCR representative to Pakistan. "The monsoon floods that swept across the land destroyed homes, farms, factories and entire livelihoods for millions of people."