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Flooding has killed more than 1000 people since June and left millions more displaced across the country. Pakistan’s Climate Minister called the deadly monsoon season “a serious climate catastrophe.”

This aerial view shows a flooded residential area in Dera Allah Yar town after heavy monsoon rains in Jaffarabad district, Balochistan province on August 30, 2022.FIDA HUSSAIN/AFP/Getty Images

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People gather next to a section of a road damaged by flood waters following heavy monsoon rains in Madian area in Pakistan's northern Swat Valley on August 27, 2022.ABDUL MAJEED/AFP/Getty Images

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A displaced man transports usable belongings salvaged from his flood-hit home across a flooded area in the Shikarpur district of Sindh province, Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. Disaster officials say nearly a half million people in Pakistan are crowded into camps after losing their homes in widespread flooding caused by unprecedented monsoon rains in recent weeks.Fareed Khan/The Associated Press

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People salvage usable items from a damaged hotel building caused by floodwaters, in Kalam in Swat Valley, Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022.Sherin Zada/The Associated Press

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People stand around a washed-out road after heavy rains in Charsadda, Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022.Muhammad Sajjad/The Associated Press

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Displaced people sit on a tractor with their belongings as they make their way to reach safer place camp after fleeing from their flood hit homes following heavy monsoon rains in Shikarpur of Sindh province on August 30, 2022.ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images

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A family travels on a motorbike along a flooded road, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Nowshera, Pakistan August 30, 2022.FAYAZ AZIZ/Reuters

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A man wades through flood waters carrying his grand daughter on his back following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Charsadda, Pakistan August 28, 2022.FAYAZ AZIZ/Reuters

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Women remove flood water from their home after heavy rains in the Shikarpur district of Sindh province, Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022.Fareed Khan/The Associated Press

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A woman wades through a flooded area after heavy rains in the Shikarpur district of Sindh province, Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022.Fareed Khan/The Associated Press

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A villager uses cots to save usable items after salvaging from his flood-hit home, in Jaffarabad, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Aug. 27, 2022.Zahid Hussain/The Associated Press

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Pakistani men receive food, distributed by Pakistani Army troops in a flood-hit area in Rajanpur, district of Punjab, Pakistan, Aug. 27, 2022.Asim Tanveer/The Associated Press

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Stranded people wade through a flooded area after heavy monsoon rainfall in Rajanpur district of Punjab province on August 25, 2022.SHAHID SAEED MIRZA/AFP/Getty Images

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Stranded people are evacuated along with their livestock from flood affected areas after heavy monsoon rains in Sukkur, Sindh province, on August 27, 2022.ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images

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A man swims in flood waters while heading for a higher ground, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Charsadda, Pakistan August 27, 2022.FAYAZ AZIZ/Reuters

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Displaced families take refuge at a camp after fleeing their flood-hit homes, in Charsadda, Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022.Muhammad Sajjad/The Associated Press

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Homes are surrounded by floodwaters in Sohbat Pur city, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022.Zahid Hussain/The Associated Press

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