THE Red Cross appealed yesterday for $7.8 million (€6m) in emergency funds to help victims of an earthquake in south-west Pakistan, saying the priority is to provide shelter to the homeless as winter sets in.

The Red Cross appealed today for US$7.8m (€6.1m) in emergency funds to help victims of an earthquake in south-west Pakistan, saying the priority is to provide shelter to the homeless as winter sets in.

The death toll from the earthquake that devastated an impoverished valley in south-western Pakistan rose to 215 today.

More than 100 people have been killed in an earthquake in south-western Pakistan today.