In pictures: Worst floods in Pakistan's history seen from above

Helicopters trying to evacuate people stranded in the mountains of the north, boats traversing the flooded plains of the south: Pakistan continues to mobilize all the means at its disposal to rescue the millions of people affected by the worst floods in its history.

These floods, due to monsoon rains, submerged a third of the country, causing the death of at least 1,191 people since June according to a report published Wednesday, devastating large swaths of agricultural land essential to the economy, and destroying or damaging seriously over a million homes.

Here are some images of the disaster seen from the sky.

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  Monsoon floods have submerged a third of Pakistan, killing at least 1,191 people since June, according to a latest report.

  Here, Sukkur on August 2, 2022.

• “Pakistan is awash with suffering.

  The people of Pakistan are facing a cataclysmic monsoon,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday, appealing for $160 million to fund an emergency plan for the next six months.

  Here, Sukkur on August 28, 2022.

• More than 33 million people - or one in seven Pakistanis - have been affected by what Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called "the worst floods in Pakistan's history".

  Here, Nowshera on July 15, 2022.

• The WHO has warned against the risk of outbreaks of water-related diseases (diarrhea, skin diseases, respiratory infections, malaria, dengue fever, etc.) in a country confronted with "damage to health infrastructure, lack of health personnel and limited health equipment”.

  Here, Nowshera on August 29, 2022.

• Pakistan received twice as much rainfall as usual, according to the meteorological service.

  In the southern provinces (Balochistan and Sind), the most affected, the rains were more than four times higher than the average of the last 30 years.

  Here, Mianwali, August 22, 2022.

• The monsoon, which usually lasts from June to September, is essential for the irrigation of plantations and the replenishment of water resources in the Indian subcontinent.

  But Pakistan had not seen such heavy rains for at least three decades.

  Here, Mianwali on August 28, 2022.

• Islamabad blames the devastating floods on climate change, which is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events across the planet.

  Here, the Kabul River on August 17, 2022.

• This year, the country has already been confronted with a heat wave that has sometimes exceeded 50°C, devastating forest fires and devastating floods caused by the rapid melting of glaciers.

  Here, the Kabul River on August 28, 2022.

• Pakistan is responsible for less than 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions, but it is in 8th position among the countries most at risk from extreme weather events, according to a study by the NGO Germanwatch.

  Here, Hala on August 2, 2022.

• The United States announced Tuesday a first shipment of humanitarian aid, worth 30 million dollars.

  On Wednesday, France announced the dispatch of a plane bringing in particular 83 powerful motor pumps, 200 tents, survival equipment, as well as rescuers, doctors and nurses.

  Here, Hala on August 28, 2022.

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