Satellite photos: Devastating Pakistan floods seen from space

Satellite image shows an area of farmland before floodwaters arrived in Gudpur, Punjab Province. Torrential rains and flooding have submerged a third of Pakistan and killed more than 1,100 people.

This handout satellite image released by Planet Labs PBC on August 30, 2022, shows an area of farmland after floodwaters arrived in Gudpur, Punjab Province, Pakistan.

This handout satellite image released by Planet Labs PBC on August 30, 2022, shows an area of farmland before floodwaters arrived in Gudpur. The rains that began in June 2022 have unleashed the worst flooding in more than a decade, washing away swathes of vital crops and damaging or destroying more than a million homes.

This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows an overview before flooding in Gudpur, Pakistan on April 4, 2022 (above) and an overview after flooding in Gudpur, Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022.

This combination of images of handout satellite photos released by Planet Labs PBC on August 30, 2022, shows Kabul, Pakistan, on August 17, 2022 (up), and after flooding on August 28, 2022 (down).

This combination of images of handout satellite photos released by Planet Labs PBC on August 30, 2022, shows the Indus River and the city of Hala in southern Pakistan on August 2, 2022 (L), and after flooding on August 28, 2022 (R).

This handout satellite photo released by Planet Labs PBC on August 30, 2022, shows the flooded Indus River and city of Hala in southern Pakistan on August 28, 2022.

This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows an overview before flooding in Gudpur, Pakistan on April 4, 2022 (above) and an overview after flooding in Gudpur, Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. Disaster officials say nearly a half million people in Pakistan are crowded into camps after losing their homes in widespread flooding caused by unprecedented monsoon rains in recent weeks.

This combination of handout satellite pictures courtesy of Maxar Technologies created on August 28, 2022, shows an overview of a village and fields in Rajanpur, Pakistan, on March 24, 2022 (L), prior to major flooding, and a village and field surrounded by floodwaters on August 28, 2022, after major flooding occurred.

This combination of handout satellite pictures courtesy of Maxar Technologies created on August 28, 2022, shows an overview of homes and fields in Rojhan, Pakistan, on March 24, 2022 (L), and homes and fields in Rojhan, Pakistan, during flooding on August 28, 2022.