Pakistanis are grappling with skyrocketing fruit and vegetable prices caused by massive floods that have destroyed more than a million acres of crops and left at least four million people in need of food assistance in coming months.

The rising prices threaten to amplify misery in a country where many residents were already struggling with poverty and food insecurity before the worst flooding in Pakistan’s history struck about two weeks ago, killing 1,500 people and leaving millions more begging for help.
 
Pakistan has worked with international partners to rescue more than 100,000 people and provide food and shelter to thousands more. But the government has struggled to cope with the scale of a disaster that it estimates has affected 13 million people, and could worsen as heavy rains lashed Pakistan again on Sunday