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Flood-hit Pakistan breaches lake in bid to save densely populated cities
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By Hannah Ritchie, Kathleen Magramo and Jan Camenzind Broomby, CNN Pakistan authorities intentionally breached the country’s largest freshwater lake on Sunday, displacing 100,000 people from their homes but preventing more densely populated area close by from being hit by flood water.
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Pakistan's deadly floods have created a massive 100km-wide inland lake, satellite images show
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Pakistani officials: Swelling lake could cause more flooding
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Flood-hit Pakistan breaches lake in bid to save densely populated cities
By Brandon Miller, Judson Jones, Sophia Saifi and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Striking new satellite images that reveal the extent of Pakistan’s record flooding show how an overflowing Indus River has turned part of Sindh Province into a 100 kilometer-wide inland lake.
The Indus River and Hamal Lake are usually separated by dozens of miles of land. Devastating amounts of rainfall and flooding have meshed them together as a massive body of water.
The recent flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 1,130 people and left millions displaced. Now, satellite images show how an entire new lake has formed.
Rainfall 10 times heavier than usual caused Pakistan's devastating floods, the European Space Agency said Thursday, as it released satellite images of a vast lake created by the overflowing Indus river.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials warned Sunday that more flooding was expected as Lake Manchar in southern Pakistan swelled from unprecedented monsoon rains that began in mid-June and have killed nearly 1…
Pakistani engineers have cut into an embankment for one of the country’s largest lakes to release rising waters. They hope to save a nearby city and town from flooding as
Manchar Lake had reached dangerous levels as record floods continue to devastate the country. Officials believe that the deliberate rupturing of the banks has protected populated areas of southern Sindh province.
Pakistani engineers are working to release water from one of the country’s largest lakes to protect a nearby city. But other communities are in the path of the diverted waters. Humanitarian needs in Pakistan are already “immense,” officials say.
By Hannah Ritchie, Kathleen Magramo and Jan Camenzind Broomby, CNN Pakistan authorities intentionally breached the country’s largest freshwater lake on Sunday, displacing 100,000 people from their homes but preventing more densely populated area close by from being hit by flood water.
More than 6 million people are in urgent need of help in Pakistan, which is grappling with the worst floods in living memory. Since mid-June, unprecedented monsoon rains have left more than 1,300 dead, washed…
Three attempts have been made to drain Lake Manchar, but inflows mean the water continues to rise. Hundreds of thousands more people will have to leave their homes if the lake overflows.
