Mother Nafeesa Bi Bi said, "Floods totally destroyed our village and houses, our children have become sick. The government must help us out."

Medical staff at a hospital in north west Pakistan say they have a limited number of beds to admit patients and that the priority is sick children.

Dr. Fazal Rehman, Pakistani Hospital, said, "We have treated 100 to 200 patients. Most of them have been discharged, but we are giving treatment to 30 to 50 patients on a daily basis."

Cholera, which can spread rapidly after floods and other disasters, still poses a dangerous threat.

The disease has been detected in the northwest, but there have been only a few reported cases so far.

The United Nations has appealed for an initial 460 million US Dollars to provide relief. About 60 percent of that amount has so far been handed over.