ISLAMABAD -- Massive floods since mid-August have inflicted over $1 billion in damage on Pakistan's agriculture sector, worsening the country's food security crisis and prompting the government to declare an emergency.
Government declares emergency as disaster pushes up prices

Villagers gather outside their homes, surrounded by floodwaters, in the village of Tiba Gheal, in northeast Pakistan, on Sept. 2. © AP
ISLAMABAD -- Massive floods since mid-August have inflicted over $1 billion in damage on Pakistan's agriculture sector, worsening the country's food security crisis and prompting the government to declare an emergency.