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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Gul Yousefzai

Flooding in Pakistan kills dozens as heavy monsoon rains lash the country

Residents commute through a flooded road during the monsoon season in Karachi, Pakistan July 9, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

Intense floods killed dozens of people and left hundreds homeless in Pakistan, officials said on Saturday, as heavy monsoon rains battered the country.

In the southern province of Balochistan, 57 people, including women and children, were killed after being swept away in flood waters, according to Ziaullah Langove, the disaster and home affairs advisor to the province's chief minister, adding that eight dams had burst due to the heavy rains.

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