JNN 10.08.10 A senior United Nations official has said the scale of Pakistan’s floods is worse than the 2004 tsunami in Asia and the Haiti earthquake.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs(OCHA)– also said nearly 14 million people have been affected by the massive floods.

“This disaster is worse than the tsunami, the 2005 Pakistan earthquake and the Haiti earthquake,” AFP quoted Maurizio Giuliano, a spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), told AFP.

This, OCHA said, while in the tsunami some five million people and in the Haiti earthquake some three million were affected.

The United Nations has estimated that Pakistan’s floods have left sixteen-hundred people dead. The worst flooding in the history of Pakistan has also affected the lives of 15 million others.

Reports say the Indus River has bursting its banks in southern province of Sindh. The floodwaters flowing from the northwest of Pakistan have already destroyed hundreds of villages.

The dire situation in the flood-ravaged Pakistan is deteriorating as landslides sweep across the hard-hit parts of the country, killing more people.

Meanwhile, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has visited flood-ravaged parts of Sindh province, appealing for more international aid.

“The government has done everything possible but it is beyond our capacity, we are facing an extremely difficult situation,” Gilani said.

Gilani added that floods have put Pakistan back ‘several years’.

Relevant authorities estimate the number of deaths to rise as further flooding is forecast and rescue teams cannot offer assistance to all.