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UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- U.N. officials Friday warned flooding in Pakistan that already has killed an estimated 1,400 people could spread to the south.
The U.N. estimate of the death toll from flooding in northern Pakistan is 200 below the number Pakistani officials estimate. The flood has affected millions of people and at least 1.5 million have lost their homes, Martin Mogwania, U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Pakistan, said.
The monsoon season is likely to last four more weeks and U.N. officials said aid needs are massive.
"As we're hearing, the scale of the needs is absolutely daunting," said Melissa Fleming, a spokesperson for the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.
Every day another 300,000 people are affected by continuing monsoons, officials said.
"The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimates globally that 4.5 million people have been affected by the flooding," spokeswoman Elena Ponomareva said.
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