United nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met Sunday with Pakistan's president,and both men urged the international community to step up efforts to help the millions affected by flooding in Pakistan Ban and President Asif Ali Zardari held talks before visiting some of the areas affected by floodwaters responsible for neary 1'400 deaths Ban said he has visited scenes of natural disasters world wide ,but has seen "nothing like this.The scale of the disaster is so large--so many places, in so much need" One in 10 Pakistanis--up to 20 million people--has been affected by the floodwaters,he said. "Thousands of towns and villeges have simply been washed awey" Ban said."Roads,buildings,bridges,crops--millions of livehoods have been lost.People are marooned on tiny islands with the floodwaters all around them.They are drinking dirty water.They are living in the mud and ruins of their lives.Many have lost family and friends.Many more are afraid their children and loved odes will not survive in these conditions" The president told Ban that flooding destroyed more than 720000 dwellings. Zarbari thanked Ban for the U.N. appeal to the world community for ＄460 million in emergency aid. Ban said he has decided to allocate an additional ＄10 million from the U.N.'s Central Emergency Response Fund. A total of ＄27 million has been allocated since the crisis began,he said. In particular,Zardari noted that the flooding further burdened the Pakistani economy,which already was strained by the fight against terrorism.