Deadly flood submerge towns in Punjab, AJK
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The annual monsoon season has struck hard across the region, leaving several people to wade through rushing water in towns and villages across Pakistan.
About 110 people were killed across the country in heavy monsoon downpours and flooding. Authorities fear that the death toll may rise as more torrential rains and flooding is predicted in the upcoming days.
A number of cities received over 130mm of rain. At least 300 federal rescue workers have joined thousands of state police and soldiers to rescue tens of thousands of people stranded due to the floods.
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Sep 08, 2014 10:15pm
Global Warming and unrestricted cutting down of trees,excessive building activity and blocking of gutters and canals are some of the causes of the flooding.
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Sep 09, 2014 12:04am
@Ashok R.Prabhu
Sir, you forgot to mention, building of Dams on these rivers by INDIA, where gates are opened to multiply the effect of flooding during monsoon.
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Sep 09, 2014 10:16am
@Pakthun @Ashok R.Prabhu
"https://in.news.yahoo.com/photos/photos-kashmir-s-deadliest-floods-in-5-decades-slideshow/"
Please see the above link. No one is opening gates of any DAM. Its flooded in india too and 200 ppl died. Dont listen to ur politicians and develop hatred towards india.
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