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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Indus in high flood at Kotri barrage |
| 2010-08-25 |
| [Dawn] An exceptionally high flood hit the Kotri Barrage on Tuesday. River Indus was flowing in exceptionally high flood level with rising trend at the barrage with a water inflow of 912,582 cusecs while the outflow was recorded at 809,977 cusecs. On the other hand, dozens of villages were submerged around Thatta. Water levels at Sukkur and Guddu barrages were receding; the same situation was reported from upper Sindh. Scores of villages in Kot Magsi were flooded. Sources said the deluge has affected about one-fifth of Pakistan's territory. At least six million people have been left homeless and 20 million affected overall. A flood relief camp established at the Mono-Technical College near Hyderabad was pulled out after floodwaters entered its premises. Local volunteers started relief work on a self help basis in Latifabad and other parts of the city. The dykes on the river were being strengthened and the embankments had been broken at Khanpur and Al-Manzar to save Hyderabad. Floodwaters also inundated the Khanpur area. Another breach was made near the Khair Mohammed Rajar Goth near the Kotri upstream, which has submerged the katcha area. Flood survivors were being kept in government school buildings and Labour Department flats due to the congestion at the central relief camp in Hyderabad. People were in desperate need of food, shelter and clean drinking water. |
| Posted by:Fred |