Pakistan floods aftermath: Women, children, elderly queue up at relief camps for food, medical aid

As a huge food shortage crisis stares at Pakistan, flood victims in huge numbers are visiting relief centres for food and medical aid. In pic: A baby girl drinks milk while she stands beside her mother waiting to receive food and other items distributed by the religious charity group Al-Khidmat Foundation Pakistan, in Shabqadar near Peshawar, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Sept. 13. (AP)

The death toll from three months of record-breaking floods in Pakistan rose to over 1,400, officials said Tuesday, as the minister for climate warned the prolonged monsoon rains will continue lashing this impoverished nation in the coming weeks. In pic: Young girls from flood-affected areas wait to receive food distributed by the Saylani Welfare Trust, in Lal Bagh, Sindh province, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Sept. 13. (AP/PTI)

Since June, heavy rains and flooding have added a new level of grief to cash-strapped Pakistan and highlighted the disproportionate effect of climate change on impoverished populations.A team of doctors travel to flooded areas in a boat, following rains and floods during the monsoon season, in Manjhand town, in Jamshoro, Pakistan on Monday, September 12. (Reuters)

Women from flood affected areas wait their turn to receive food and other items distributed by the religious charity group Al-Khidmat Foundation Pakistan, in Shabqadar near Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (AP)

Flood victims receive medical assistance at a medical camp, following rains and floods during the monsoon season, in Manjhand town, in Jamshoro, Pakistan, on Monday, September 12. (Reuters)

Women and children walk along a road with the floodwaters in the background, following rains and floods during the monsoon season, in Manjhand town, in Jamshoro, Pakistan, September 12. (Reuters)

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari talk to displaced men at an aid camp, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Larkana, Pakistan September 10. (Reuters)

People who became displaced, receive pot water from a truck at an aid camp, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Sehwan, Pakistan September 11, 2022 (Reuters)

People who became displaced, receive food handouts at an aid camp, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Sehwan, Pakistan, on Sunday September 11. (Reuters)

Victims of heavy flooding from monsoon rains receive relief aid provided by the Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek political party, in Quetta, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. (AP)