Tens of thousands of people are fleeing their homes in Sindh Province as the floodwaters engulf yet more villages and towns. The water is already finding weak points in the embankment which protects Shahdadkot, a city of about half a million inhabitants in this southern region. The floodwater has been closing in on Shahdadkot for days. On Sunday, it engulfed dozens of villages. About a hundred people were marooned, stranded on rooftops in the fast-rising tide. Small fishing boats,...
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