Villagers near Pakistan's largest lake flee homes as 12 more die in floods

FILE PHOTO: Children stand as their family takes refuge along a damaged road amid flood, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Bajara village, at the banks of Manchar lake, in Sehwan, Pakistan September 6, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo

BHAN SYEDABAD/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) -Villagers near Pakistan's largest freshwater lake fled their homes on Thursday due to rising flood waters, while officials said 12 more deaths took the toll to 1,355.

Hundreds of thousands have been forced from their homes in a disaster blamed on climate change and estimated to have caused losses of about $10 billion, disrupting the lives of nearly 33 million of a population of 220 million.