Desperate situation: Residents fleeing from a flooded area with their belongings take refuge, following rising water levels of the Chenab River, Punjab province, Pakistan. — Reuters
Nearly half a million people have been displaced by flooding in eastern Pakistan after days of heavy rain swelled rivers, relief officials said, as they carried out a massive rescue operation.
Three transboundary rivers that cut through Punjab province, have swollen to exceptionally high levels, affecting more than 2,300 villages.
