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Never Seen Climate Change On This Scale: UN Chief On Floods In Pakistan

I have never seen climate carnage on this scale. I have simply no words to describe, UN Chief said.Karachi: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Saturday that he has "never seen climate carnage" on such a scale as he toured parts of Pakistan hit by floods, blaming wealthier countries for the devastation.Nearly 1,400 people have died in flooding that covers an area the size of the United Kingdom and has wiped out crops and destroyed homes, businesses, roads and bridges.Guterres has said he hopes his visit will galvanise support for Pakistan, which has put the provisional cost of the catastrophe at more than $30 billion, according to the government's flood relief centre."I have seen many humanitarian disasters in the world, but I have never seen climate carnage on this s...