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Pakistan Warns Of More Flooding As Vast Lake Threatens To Overflow [1]
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Date: 2022-09
Pakistan is warning that more flooding could hit the area around the southern Lake Manchar, which continues to swell from monsoon rains that have ravaged the country since June.
Officials said on September 4 that the death toll from the flooding has topped 1,300.
Forecasters are predicting more rain in the coming days for the Lake Manchar area and have urged residents of two districts of Sindh Province to evacuate. The rising waters pose a threat to a dyke and an embankment.
Lake Manchar is the largest natural fresh-water lake in Pakistan and among the largest in Asia.
Relentless monsoon rains and melting glaciers in northern mountains have brought flooding that has affected 33 million people.
“The scale of devastation is massive and requires an immense humanitarian response,” said Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal on September 3.
Earlier this month, Pakistan and the United Nations issued a joint appeal for $160 million in emergency funding to help flood victims.
Pakistani officials have said it will take at least $10 billion and many years for the country to recover from the disaster.
More rains have been predicted for the northern mountains through September 6.
Based on reporting by dpa, AP, and Reuters
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