Pakistan issues flooding 'red alert' for Sindh province

Pakistan issued a red alert as floods that have devastated the north-west swept south into the agricultural heartland of Sindh province.

پاکستان: سیلاب سے ایک کروڑ بیس لاکھ افراد متاثر

پاکستان میں قدرتی آفات سے نمٹنے کے ادارے نے کہا ہے کہ حالیہ بارشوں اور سیلاب سے اب تک دو صوبوں میں ایک کروڑ بیس لاکھ افراد متاثر ہوئے ہیں اور ساڑھے چھ لاکھ گھر بھی تباہ کاریوں کی زد میں آئے ہیں۔

Authorities have evacuated hundreds of thousands of people living near the Indus River as hundreds of villages have been inundated by the flooding.

Prime Minister Raza Yousuf Gilani has appealed for international aid.

The worst floods in the region for 80 years have killed at least 1,600 people and affected about 14 million.

Officials say 650,000 homes have been destroyed, 1.4m acres (557,000 hectares) of crop land has been flooded across the country and more than 10,000 cows have perished.