PAKISTAN FLOODING SPREADS IN PUNJAB AND SINDH
Baku, August 5 (AZERTAC). Surging flood waters in Pakistan that have killed more than 1,500 people in the past week have spread to swathes of the centre and south of the country.
The UN says four million people have now been affected by the country`s worst floods in nearly a century.
Ongoing monsoon rains and the swollen Indus river have caused thousands more to flee homes in its most populous province, Punjab.
In neighboring Sindh province 350,000 people have been moved, officials say.
The number of affected districts in Punjab has reached seven, and flood warnings have been issued in five districts of Sindh to the south, the United Nations said.
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