One-third of Pakistan could be plunged under water before the floods that have already killed 1,000 people begin to recede, the country's top climate scientists warned on Sunday.

Almost 10 million people have been displaced and 300,000 homes have been destroyed so far by an "unprecedented and epic" deluge that dwarfs previously recorded Monsoon flooding and that has hit all four of the country's provinces.

Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s top climate official, said that the nation was experiencing a "serious climate catastrophe, one of the hardest in the decade".

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