Pakistan’s worst floods in recorded history have killed more than 1,750 people and affected 20 million - more than a tenth of the population.
The United Nations estimates 10 million people urgently need food and shelter. Many are living in wretched conditions beside roads, sleeping in the open with little food and clean water.
Initial fears of a second wave of deaths caused by water- and insect-borne diseases such as cholera, typhoid and malaria have eased as the floodwaters receded.
The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned that Pakistan could face food shortages if its farmers miss the September sowing season.
The floods have damaged millions of hectares of cultivatable land and crops, and many farmers have lost their seeds. Aid workers say water could stagnate on the surface for months, making planting difficult. And at least 1.2 million livestock have died, crippling poor families who depend on them for food and draught power.
The government estimates the country has suffered up to $43 billion in damage.
