SUKKUR: As the death toll from this year’s monsoon passed 1,000, Pakistan’s flood-prone Sindh province in the south braced itself on Sunday for further downpour from swelling rivers in the north.
Numerous mountain tributaries to the north feed the huge Indus River, which flows through Pakistan’s second-most populous province. However, many of these rivers have broken their banks as a result of record rains and glacier melt.
Authorities have issued warnings that torrents of water are anticipated to reach Sindh in the coming days, adding to the suffering of millions already impacted by the floods.
Aziz Soomro, the manager of a barrage that controls the river’s flow close to Sukkur, declared that the Indus was presently in a state of high flood.
