UN chief Antonio Guterres calls Pakistan floods a 'climate carnage'

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has described the flood disaster in Pakistan as "climate carnage" and called for massive and immediate international aid.

Guterres made the comments on Saturday, the second day of his two-day visit to Pakistan, which has been devastated by months of heavy monsoon rains and flooding.

At least 1,396 people have been killed, 12,728 injured and millions left homeless.

The waters also destroyed road and communications infrastructure.

Guterres toured flood-affected areas of the district of Sukkur in southern Sindh province and Osta Mohammad in southwest Baluchistan province - some of the worst affected areas of the country.

He said helping Pakistan was not "a question of... generosity" but a "matter of justice” because the country was "paying the price of something that was created by others".

Pakistan has suffered under extremely heavy monsoon rains which started early this year - in mid-June.

Experts have blamed global warming for the early start and the heavier than normal rains.

They say Pakistan is responsible for only 0.4% of the world’s historic emissions that are blamed for climate change.

The US is responsible for 21.5%, China for 16.5% and the European Union for 15%.

Guterres also visited flood displaced in Larkana district and was briefed about the threat to the protected archeological sites of Mohenjo Daro - among the earliest ruins of human civilisation.