A catastrophe of great proportions.
A tragic state of events that have been haunting a south Asia country, Pakistan.
Over 3.5 million innocent children are facing the risk of water borne diseases in the flood hit areas of Pakistan.
Pakistan's UN envoy in Geneva said on Tuesday that reconstruction in northern areas alone could cost $US2.5 billion ($A2.78 billion), after floods stretching to the south ravaged an area "the size of England."
A couple of senior officials from the United Nations on Tuesday warned of a human catastrophe in Pakistan following its devastating floods and urged the Pakistani government and the international community to speed up and increase their humanitarian efforts.
In grief-stricken Pakistan, where relentless flooding has destroyed houses, taken lives and ruined entire villages for more than two weeks, water is both villain and savior.
According to CNN, about one-fifth of the country is submerged under murky water from torrential monsoon rains. Children and adults wade in the filthy waters, pleading for help.
The only recourses from the threat of waterborne illnesses are clean water and medical care -- but both are in short supply.
Polluted floodwater, officials fear, could lead to deadly diseases such as typhoid, dysentery, hepatitis and cholera -- especially among children.
UN aid agencies have said hundreds of thousands of people affected by the floods in Pakistan have yet to receive aid, adding that the relief operation remains underfunded.
Officials say the humanitarian situation there remains one of the most serious they have ever experienced.
Six million people are in need of immediate assistance, they said.Extra emergency aid funds have been pledged to help more than 20 million people affected by the disaster.
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