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Sonia GHEZALI

Pakistani authorities battle to stop biggest lake overflowing after floods

Women carry belongings salvaged from their flooded home after monsoon rains, in the Qambar Shahdadkot district of Sindh Province, of Pakistan, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. © Fareed Khan, AP

One third of Pakistan has been engulfed by flooding. Pakistani authorities are battling to stop their biggest lake from overflowing. FRANCE 24's Shazaib Wahlah and Sonia Ghezali report from Sindh province.

Hundreds of villages in Pakistan are now underwater. More than 1,300 people have died as a result of the flooding, the majority of them women and children, with a further 33 million people affected by the rising waters.

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