Latest Pakistan floods prompt fresh exodus from towns

[Turborama]

Source: BBC

Several hundred thousand more people have been forced to flee towns and villages in Pakistan's southern Sindh province amid fresh flooding.

Water is gushing towards Dadu district after a breach in the Toori dam in the north of the already flood-hit region. In the past weeks all but four of Sindh's 23 districts have been deluged.

Weeks after monsoon rains triggered devastating floods across Pakistan, aid agencies say more than eight million displaced people need food and water.

The Toori dam was washed away in August, causing the waters of the River Indus to split in two. One side is continuing to flow to the Arabian sea, while the other is going parallel to the Indus' natural course, wreaking a path of destruction.

This rogue flow of water has now reached Dadu district, and is pouring into Manchar, the country's largest freshwater lake.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11201618

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Pakistanis Flee As Floods Swamp More Towns

Andy Winter, Sky News Online


People make their escape from Khairpur Nathan Shah

Pakistanis are still fleeing towns and villages due to rising flood waters - five weeks after heavy rains swamped large parts of the country.

With an area the size of England now underwater, Sky News visited Khairpur Nathan Shah - a town in Sindh Province - which is the latest to be flooded.

According to early estimates by the United Nations and Pakistan's government, nine million acres of crops have been destroyed and 7.2 million livestock and poultry killed.

Sky News' Alex Crawford, in Khairpur Nathan Shah, said: "This hasn't got the speed of a tsunami, but the waters continue to destroy and claim fresh villages and towns. "There's no sign of any organised help for these people. Here, it's each man and woman for themselves."

As he fled the town, one man said: "There are a number of people still trapped but there is no help."

More, including video report: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Pakistan-Floods-Towns-In-Sindh-Province-Still-Being-Flooded---Pakistani-Army-Leading-Flood-Relief/Article/201009115716006?lpos=World_News_Second_Home_Page_Article_Teaser_Region_2&lid=ARTICLE_15716006_Pakistan_Floods:_Towns_In_Sindh_Province_Still_Being_Flooded_-_Pakistani_Army_Leading_Flood_Relief

In case you missed it: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x500531">Devastation In Pakistan: Sanjay Gupta's Special On The Enormous Humanitarian Crisis That's Unfolding

Comprehensive coverage of the floods in Pakistan in my Journal - the archives are quite recent: http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Turborama


baby cries under the bed as flood victims take shelter by the main road near
their flooded village in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district of Punjab province
September 6, 2010.