10:49 AM
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan's government has warned about 500,000 people in the country's southeastern Sindh province they should evacuate immediately because of possible flooding, government officials said Thursday.
Residents of three major towns -- Sujawal, Mirpur Bathoro and Daro -- and their surrounding villages have been urged to evacuate as soon as they can to avoid possible flooding.
The warning was issued after a breach in one of the embankments caused by rising water levels in the Indus River, said Ali Gul Sanjrani, a senior government official in Thatha district.
Adding to the problem: a forecast of rain for all of Pakistan's four provinces over the next 24 hours. Thousands remain at risk in the flood-ravaged nation.
Sirens blared Thursday from mosques in Indus River...
Friday, August 27, 2010
Thatta being evacuated as breaches at bunds continue to widen
Updated at: 0348 PST, Friday, August 27, 2010
Thatta being evacuated as breaches at bunds continue to widen HYDERABAD: Authorities ordered nearly half-a-million people to evacuate nearby towns on Thursday as rising floods threatened further havoc in Sindh. In a late night development, authorities ordered all residents of Thatta city to evacuate to safer places as water levels rose.
Villagers fled trailing north in vans laden with furniture or crowded into buses, or in carts pulled by oxen. Some people were on foot, leading their livestock.
Water lined the road from Hyderabad to Thatta town, as workers frantically used bulldozers to dig embankments only just higher than the flooding, and where people camped out under open skies or in makeshift tents.
A senior administration official warned...
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