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Pakistan floods leave wrecked lives, half million in camps

Government workers repair electricity cables to restore services damaged by flooding, in Kanju, Swat Valley, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. International aid was reaching Pakistan on Monday, as the military and volunteers desperately tried to evacuate many thousands stranded by widespread flooding driven by "monster monsoons" that have claimed more than 1,000 lives this summer. (AP Photo/Naveed Ali) A worker loads foodstuff into a helicopter for distribution among displaced people in flood-hit areas, in Sadu Sharif, Swat Valley, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. International aid was reaching Pakistan on Monday, as the military and volunteers desperately tried to evacuate many thousands stranded by widespread flooding driven by "monster monsoons" that have claimed more than 1,000 lives this summer. (AP Photo/Naveed Ali) Pakistan's climate minister, Sherry Rehman speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. Rehman said Pakistan suffered heavier rains this year mainly because of climate change, which also caused fire in forests. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) Government workers repair electricity cables to restore service to areas damaged by flooding, in Kanju, Swat Valley, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. International aid was reaching Pakistan on Monday, as the military and volunteers desperately tried to evacuate many thousands stranded by widespread flooding driven by "monster monsoons" that have claimed more than 1,000 lives this summer. (AP Photo/Naveed Ali) A family sits under a tent sep up next to their demolished house, surrounded by floodwaters, in Sohbatpur, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. International aid was reaching Pakistan on Monday, as the military and volunteers desperately tried to evacuate many thousands stranded by widespread flooding driven by "monster monsoons" that have claimed more than 1,000 lives this summer. (AP Photo/Zahid Hussain) Children play in floodwaters next to their home, in Sohbatpur, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. International aid was reaching Pakistan on Monday, as the military and volunteers desperately tried to evacuate many thousands stranded by widespread flooding driven by "monster monsoons" that have claimed more than 1,000 lives this summer. (AP Photo/Zahid Hussain) People travel in a trailer pulled by a tractor through a flooded area of Sohbatpur, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. International aid was reaching Pakistan on Monday, as the military and volunteers desperately tried to evacuate many thousands stranded by widespread flooding driven by "monster monsoons" that have claimed more than 1,000 lives this summer. (AP Photo/Zahid Hussain) People wade through floodwaters in Sohbatpur, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. International aid was reaching Pakistan on Monday, as the military and volunteers desperately tried to evacuate many thousands stranded by widespread flooding driven by "monster monsoons" that have claimed more than 1,000 lives this summer. (AP Photo/Zahid Hussain) People jostle to get drinking water from a municipality water truck on a flooded road, in Sohbatpur, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. International aid was reaching Pakistan on Monday, as the military and volunteers desperately tried to evacuate many thousands stranded by widespread flooding driven by "monster monsoons" that have claimed more than 1,000 lives this summer. (AP Photo/Zahid Hussain) People wade through a flooded area of Sohbatpur, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. International aid was reaching Pakistan on Monday, as the military and volunteers desperately tried to evacuate many thousands stranded by widespread flooding driven by "monster monsoons" that have claimed more than 1,000 lives this summer. (AP Photo/Zahid Hussain) Flood affected people stand in a long line with utensils to get food distributed by Pakistani Army troops in a flood-hit area in Rajanpur, district of Punjab, Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Officials say flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across much of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,000 people and displaced thousands more since mid-June. (AP Photo/Asim Tanveer) Pakistani Minister of Climate Change Sherry Rehman speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) Army troops evacuate people from a flood-hit area in Rajanpur, district of Punjab, Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Officials say flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across much of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,000 people and displaced thousands more since mid-June. (AP Photo/Asim Tanveer)