Aid mobilises for 27,000 trapped in Pakistan floods

摘要

Aid efforts to help the hundreds of thousands of people left homeless last week following Pakistan's worst floods in 40 years have gathered pace as aid agencies warned of an impending catastrophe.rnMore than 1,500 people were estimated to have died after flood waters ravaged swathes of the north west corner of the country.rnRedR's country director for Pakistan Imam Baig said: "People, including government officials, are typically unaware of how to prepare for disasters such as this and the devastating impact in terms of lives and resources lost.