The United Nations has launched an emergency appeal for $459 million to aid flood victims in Pakistan. On Wednesday, Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes warned a new wave of deaths could hit flood victims unless urgent aid is delivered.

Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes: “Assessments of losses and damages are still underway, as you can imagine, but it’s already very clear that these floods, the worst in Pakistan for over eighty years, have caused, and are continuing to cause, immense destruction and immense suffering. Unless aid activities continue to be rapidly scaled up, to reach those who remain displaced and without immediate access to food and clean drinking water, additional loss of human lives and further suffering will occur.”