Devastating floods in Pakistan have claimed the lives of more than 1,100 people so far and damaged about one million homes. The Swiss are raising funds to help victims of the natural disaster. Bad as it is, the situation is only likely to get worse, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Tuesday. Heavy monsoon rains continued to fall in areas already battered by storms and floods in the last two months. In Geneva, the United Nations together with the Pakistani government unveiled an initial six-month relief plan worth $116 million (CHF112.6 million). "The disaster is colossal in terms of scale and devastation and has exceeded both our resources and capacity," said the foreign minister. He echoed the assessment of various experts who have blamed climate change for the disaster. "Pakistan has become 'ground zero' for the greatest existential threat of this century – global warming," Bhutto Zardari said, adding that the worst floods to hit his country for decades...
