epa02305636 A man displaced from flooded areas, sleep amid remains of his house destroyed by the flood, after he returned to his village as flood water receded in Nowshera, in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan on 29 August 2010. The United Nations called on 24 August for governments to provide at least 40 heavy-lift helicopters that can carry critical emergency supplies to some 800,000 Pakistanis trapped by floods. More than 17 million people have been affected by the floods, and eight millions of them require immediate life-saving aid. Pakistan said the floods have destroyed or damaged 1.2 million homes. More than one million people are living in tents and at least five million others are in need of emergency shelter. EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB