UN provides $4m to support flood response

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has allocated US $4 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund to support the flood response in Bangladesh.

Joyce Msuya, UN acting under-secretary-general for Humanitarian Affairs and also emergency relief coordinator, announced the allocation in a statement on Wednesday.

The floods in Bangladesh since late August affected nearly 6 million people and caused an estimated loss of US $156 million in livestock and fisheries.