Pakistan floods: water torture

Mumtaz Ali: 'I’m a high-school teacher. My house collapsed. The school has been inundated. Our salary hasn’t been paid. We have no way of making a living and no means of rebuilding our houses. The future looks very bleak' Photograph: Gideon Mendel

Mirzadi, photographed sleeping on the roadside in Sukkur. 'We live and sleep on the ground here, next to the road. I have three daughters and one son, but there are 45 to 50 family members living here with us. We are not allowed to live in the tent village because our ID cards were washed away, so we’ve nothing to prove who we are' Photograph: Gideon Mendel

Asif, photographed on the flooded main street of the submerged town of Khairpur Nathan Shah. 'I’m living here at the community centre. We’re very poor and we’ve no way of getting anything to eat or drink. My dad’s very old. My mum’s old, too. Then there’s my sister. She’s very little and she’s disabled. She’s been crying. We don’t have anything to eat' Photograph: Gideon Mendel

The flooded road heading towards Jhanghara village, shortly after the walls of Manchar lake were breached to control rising water levels and ensure floodwaters did not engulf nearby towns Photograph: Gideon Mendel

Ali Akber Aku: 'I’m a poor labourer. I built this house with financial help from my mother, who was also a labourer. It took a lot of effort. Now I have nothing' Photograph: Gideon Mendel

Haji Sharif: 'We are very anxious for our fields, our crops, our houses and our children. It’s especially worrying because now our family is divided, with our livestock sent to one place and our children in another. We don’t know what we will do. We are just sitting here waiting, relying on God’s mercy' Photograph: Gideon Mendel

Sultana: 'They drowned us. The water level in Manchar lake rose above the limit, but they kept promising that they would save us, that the wall would not break. They didn’t take the decision when it mattered. Our house and shop were destroyed, our cattle drowned. Our seven children were able to leave, but now we don’t know where they are' Photograph: Gideon Mendel

Hakim Zadi: 'My husband passed away eight years ago. I have six sons and four daughters. Four of my sons are working in Karachi but the rest of the family is still here, stranded in the waters. I am more than 70 years old. It is only the second time I have seen such a flood – but this is bigger than the first one' Photograph: Gideon Mendel

Rabb Dino, pictured on a flooded road near Sujawal: “Our houses have collapsed completely now, and the water is still around six or seven feet high. So we have no option but to stay in the camps until the water recedes. I have no idea what will happen in the future' Photograph: Gideon Mendel