Pakistan evacuates half a million people stranded by floods


Partially submerged residential buildings following the overflowing of the Ravi River in Lahore, Pakistan, on Aug 30. - Photo: AFP

LAHORE, (Pakistan): Nearly half a million people have been displaced by flooding in eastern Pakistan after days of heavy rain swelled rivers, relief officials said Saturday (Aug 30), as they carried out a massive rescue operation.

Three transboundary rivers that cut through Punjab province, which borders India, have swollen to exceptionally high levels, affecting more than 2,300 villages.

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