Pakistan floods: Authorities breach largest freshwater lake 04.09.2022

Deutsche Welle | Sep 4, 2022 at 2:00 AM
  • Pakistan on Sunday ordered the strategic breaching of the country’s largest freshwater lake after it reached dangerous levels and posed a threat to areas of southern Sindh province.
  • Since June, Pakistan has been hit by record floods that have affected 33 million people and killed at least 1,290.
  • More fatalities were reported by the country’s disaster agency Sunday from Sindh as well as flood-hit areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the north and Baluchistan in the west.