A Blackburn charity has launched an emergency appeal to help the millions affected by devastating floods in Pakistan.

Benefit Mankind, an international aid relief and development organisation, has been providing emergency aid to thousands of people in the country who have lost their homes.

The charity is appealing to the public for donations so they can help those who have been displaced and deliver emergency aid on the ground.

Chief executive of Benefit Mankind, Dr Abdussamad Mulla, said: “This is the worst flooding witnessed and millions have been sadly affected.

“Our team on the ground have been delivering emergency aid in remote locations.

“One-third of Pakistan has been completely submerged by historic flooding, provinces like Sindh and Balochistan which are the worst affected but mountainous regions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have also been badly hit.

“With support from donors in the UK we are sending funds to Pakistan as often as possible to ensure families get the aid when it matters, to support the cause kindly visit our website and follow our social media channels for all updates.”

The United Nations and Pakistan have issued an appeal for £136 million in emergency funding to help millions of people affected by record-breaking floods that have killed more than 1,150 people since mid-June.

More than 33 million people, or one in seven Pakistanis, have been affected by the catastrophic flooding, which has devastated a country already trying to revive a struggling economy.

Lancashire Telegraph: Benefit Mankind delivering aid in Pakistan Benefit Mankind delivering aid in Pakistan

More than one million homes have been damaged or destroyed in the past two-and-a-half months, displacing millions of people.

Around half a million of those displaced are living in organised camps, while others have had to find their own shelter.

According to initial government estimates, the devastation has caused $10 billion (£8.5 billion) in damage to the economy.

More than 160 bridges and more than 3,400 kilometres (2,100 miles) of road have been damaged.

The National Disaster Management Authority on Tuesday warned emergency services to be on maximum alert, saying flood waters over the next 24 hours could cause further damage.

Rescuers continued to evacuate stranded people from inundated villages to safer ground.

Makeshift tent camps have sprung up along motorways.

Meteorologists have warned of more rains in coming weeks.

Lancashire Telegraph: People wade through a flooded area of Sohbatpur, a district of Pakistan’s south-western Baluchistan province (Zahid Hussain/AP)People wade through a flooded area of Sohbatpur, a district of Pakistan’s south-western Baluchistan province (Zahid Hussain/AP)

Several scientists say the record-breaking flooding has all the hallmarks of being affected by climate change.

“This year, Pakistan has received the highest rainfall in at least three decades,” said Abid Qaiyum Suleri, executive director of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute and a member of Pakistan’s Climate Change Council.

“Extreme weather patterns are turning more frequent in the region and Pakistan is not an exception.”

Pakistan saw similar flooding and devastation in 2010 that killed nearly 2,000 people.

To make a donation visit the Benefit Mankind website: benefitmankind.co.uk