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Pakistan crisis a ‘slow-motion tsunami,’ UN chief says

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The death toll from massive floods in Pakistan rose to 1,497 on Friday as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said the crisis is a “slow-motion tsunami” that is expected to grow.

The number of homeless as a result of flooding has doubled to 4 million.

Ban urged the international community to give more aid during a special fundraising meeting Thursday night.

“Make no mistake,” he said. “This is a global disaster, a global challenge. It is one of the greatest tests of global solidarity in our times.”

The U.N. secretary-general, who traveled to Pakistan last weekend to visit sites devastated by the disaster, said almost 20 million people need shelter, food and emergency care.

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