Workers repair a road damaged by the floods, after water started to recede in Mehmood Kot, near Muzaffargarh in Punjab province, Pakistan on 24 August 2010. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has warned that the country would need at least three years to recover from the floods that have devastated large areas and affected millions of people, reports said 24 August. The floods that started on July 28 with heavy monsoon rains have submerged thousands of villages, washed away hundreds of kilometres of roads, dozens of bridges and other key infrastructure, inflicting heavy economic losses on an already poor country. EPA/MATIULLAH ACHAKZAI
People displaced from floods, live in a school converted in to temporary shelter in Sukkur, Sindh province, Pakistan on 24 August 2010. Aid received for Pakistan flood victims is almost double the amount, topping 800 million dollars, requested by the United Nations, the countrys foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said, as relief workers struggled to save dozens of villages and towns from flooding. More than 1,500 people across Pakistan have been killed and hundreds of thousands stranded due to flash floods triggered by the ongoing spell of monsoon rains. EPA/REHAN KHAN
People displaced from floods, live in a temporary shelter in Mehmood Kot, near Muzaffargarh in Punjab province, Pakistan on 24 August 2010. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has warned that the country would need at least three years to recover from the floods that have devastated large areas and affected millions of people, reports said 24 August. The floods that started on July 28 with heavy monsoon rains have submerged thousands of villages, washed away hundreds of kilometres of roads, dozens of bridges and other key infrastructure, inflicting heavy economic losses on an already poor country. EPA/MATIULLAH ACHAKZAI
Workers repair a road damaged by the floods, after water started to recede in Mehmood Kot, near Muzaffargarh in Punjab province, Pakistan on 24 August 2010. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has warned that the country would need at least three years to recover from the floods that have devastated large areas and affected millions of people, reports said 24 August. The floods that started on July 28 with heavy monsoon rains have submerged thousands of villages, washed away hundreds of kilometres of roads, dozens of bridges and other key infrastructure, inflicting heavy economic losses on an already poor country. EPA/MATIULLAH ACHAKZAI
People flee to higher grounds after fresh flood warnings near Shahdad Kot, Sindh province, Pakistan on 24 August 2010. Aid received for Pakistan flood victims is almost double the amount, topping 800 million dollars, requested by the United Nations, the countrys foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said, as relief workers struggled to save dozens of villages and towns from flooding. More than 1,500 people across Pakistan have been killed and hundreds of thousands stranded due to flash floods triggered by the ongoing spell of monsoon rains. EPA/REHAN KHAN
A girl sits amid remains of her destroyed house as people started to return to their villages, in Chah Kali Wala, near Muzaffargarh in Punjab province, Pakistan on 24 August 2010. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has warned that the country would need at least three years to recover from the floods that have devastated large areas and affected millions of people, reports said 24 August. The floods that started on July 28 with heavy monsoon rains have submerged thousands of villages, washed away hundreds of kilometres of roads, dozens of bridges and other key infrastructure, inflicting heavy economic losses on an already poor country. EPA/MATIULLAH ACHAKZAI
People displaced from floods, wait for a medical checkup at a camp in Sukkur, Sindh province, Pakistan on 24 August 2010. Aid received for Pakistan flood victims is almost double the amount, topping 800 million dollars, requested by the United Nations, the countrys foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said, as relief workers struggled to save dozens of villages and towns from flooding. More than 1,500 people across Pakistan have been killed and hundreds of thousands stranded due to flash floods triggered by the ongoing spell of monsoon rains. EPA/REHAN KHAN
A girl displaced from floods, lives in a temporary shelter in Mehmood Kot, near Muzaffargarh in Punjab province, Pakistan on 24 August 2010. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has warned that the country would need at least three years to recover from the floods that have devastated large areas and affected millions of people, reports said 24 August. The floods that started on July 28 with heavy monsoon rains have submerged thousands of villages, washed away hundreds of kilometres of roads, dozens of bridges and other key infrastructure, inflicting heavy economic losses on an already poor country. EPA/MATIULLAH ACHAKZAI
A general view of houses destroyed by the floods after water receded in Chah Kali Wala, near Muzaffargarh in Punjab province, Pakistan on 24 August 2010. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has warned that the country would need at least three years to recover from the floods that have devastated large areas and affected millions of people, reports said 24 August. The floods that started on July 28 with heavy monsoon rains have submerged thousands of villages, washed away hundreds of kilometres of roads, dozens of bridges and other key infrastructure, inflicting heavy economic losses on an already poor country. EPA/MATIULLAH ACHAKZAI
A girl displaced from floods, lives in a temporary shelter in Mehmood Kot, near Muzaffargarh in Punjab province, Pakistan on 24 August 2010. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has warned that the country would need at least three years to recover from the floods that have devastated large areas and affected millions of people, reports said 24 August. The floods that started on July 28 with heavy monsoon rains have submerged thousands of villages, washed away hundreds of kilometres of roads, dozens of bridges and other key infrastructure, inflicting heavy economic losses on an already poor country. EPA/MATIULLAH ACHAKZAI
People affected by floods wait for food supplies, at a distribution point in Mehmook Kot near Muzaffargarh in Punjab province, Pakistan on 24 August 2010. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has warned that the country would need at least three years to recover from the floods that have devastated large areas and affected millions of people, reports said 24 August. The floods that started on July 28 with heavy monsoon rains have submerged thousands of villages, washed away hundreds of kilometres of roads, dozens of bridges and other key infrastructure, inflicting heavy economic losses on an already poor country. EPA/MATIULLAH ACHAKZAI
Workers repair a road damaged by the floods, after water started to recede in Mehmood Kot, near Muzaffargarh in Punjab province, Pakistan on 24 August 2010. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has warned that the country would need at least three years to recover from the floods that have devastated large areas and affected millions of people, reports said 24 August. The floods that started on July 28 with heavy monsoon rains have submerged thousands of villages, washed away hundreds of kilometres of roads, dozens of bridges and other key infrastructure, inflicting heavy economic losses on an already poor country. EPA/MATIULLAH ACHAKZAI
A family displaced from floods, live in a temporary shelter in Mehmood Kot, near Muzaffargarh in Punjab province, Pakistan on 24 August 2010. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has warned that the country would need at least three years to recover from the floods that have devastated large areas and affected millions of people, reports said 24 August. The floods that started on July 28 with heavy monsoon rains have submerged thousands of villages, washed away hundreds of kilometres of roads, dozens of bridges and other key infrastructure, inflicting heavy economic losses on an already poor country. EPA/MATIULLAH ACHAKZAI
People displaced by the floods, return to their village in Chah Kali Wala, after flood water started to recede near Muzaffargarh in Punjab province, Pakistan on 24 August 2010. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has warned that the country would need at least three years to recover from the floods that have devastated large areas and affected millions of people, reports said 24 August. The floods that started on July 28 with heavy monsoon rains have submerged thousands of villages, washed away hundreds of kilometres of roads, dozens of bridges and other key infrastructure, inflicting heavy economic losses on an already poor country. EPA/MATIULLAH ACHAKZAI
People flee to higher grounds after fresh flood warnings near Shahdad Kot, Sindh province, Pakistan on 24 August 2010. Aid received for Pakistan flood victims is almost double the amount, topping 800 million dollars, requested by the United Nations, the countrys foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said, as relief workers struggled to save dozens of villages and towns from flooding. More than 1,500 people across Pakistan have been killed and hundreds of thousands stranded due to flash floods triggered by the ongoing spell of monsoon rains. EPA/REHAN KHAN
People displaced from floods, return to their villages after flood water receded in Mehmood Kot, near Muzaffargarh in Punjab province, Pakistan on 24 August 2010. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has warned that the country would need at least three years to recover from the floods that have devastated large areas and affected millions of people, reports said 24 August. The floods that started on July 28 with heavy monsoon rains have submerged thousands of villages, washed away hundreds of kilometres of roads, dozens of bridges and other key infrastructure, inflicting heavy economic losses on an already poor country. EPA/MATIULLAH ACHAKZAI
A woman displaced from floods, prepare tea amid remains of her house destroyed by the floods, in Chah Kali Wala, near Muzaffargarh in Punjab province, Pakistan on 24 August 2010. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has warned that the country would need at least three years to recover from the floods that have devastated large areas and affected millions of people, reports said 24 August. The floods that started on July 28 with heavy monsoon rains have submerged thousands of villages, washed away hundreds of kilometres of roads, dozens of bridges and other key infrastructure, inflicting heavy economic losses on an already poor country. EPA/MATIULLAH ACHAKZAI
People affected by the floods search for their belongings amid remains of their destroyed house after they return to their village in Chah Kali Wala, near Muzaffargarh in Punjab province, Pakistan on 24 August 2010. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has warned that the country would need at least three years to recover from the floods that have devastated large areas and affected millions of people, reports said 24 August. The floods that started on July 28 with heavy monsoon rains have submerged thousands of villages, washed away hundreds of kilometres of roads, dozens of bridges and other key infrastructure, inflicting heavy economic losses on an already poor country. EPA/MATIULLAH ACHAKZAI
