PAKISTAN FLOODS

High-level flooding persists along Sutlej River in Punjab province

epa10846262 A flood-affected person carries his belongings while moving to higher grounds as high-level flooding persists along the Sutlej River, near Lodhran, in Lodhran district, Pakistan, 07 September 2023. Heavy rainfall and flooding has again affected Pakistan since 01 September, leaving more than 390,000 individuals displaced in flood affected areas and mostly in Punjab, since the start of the monsoon season according to the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO). The province faces the largest flood in 35 years along the Sutlej River, caused by water discharge upstream from neighboring India, provincial Relief Commissioner Nabeel Javed said. EPA/FASIL KAREEM

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