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Engineers breach Pakistan lake as flood misery grows for millions
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Engineers breach Pakistan lake as flood misery grows for millions

Engineers breached Pakistan's largest freshwater lake to empty water threatening close by cities, officers stated Monday, as heavy rain poured distress on hundreds of thousands tormented by the country's worst floods in history. Nearly a 3rd of Pakistan is beneathneath water -- a place the dimensions of the United Kingdom -- following months of report monsoon rains which have killed 1,three hundred human beings and washed away houses, businesses, roads and bridges. Officials say the restore invoice will top $10 billion for a rustic already withinside the grip of monetary disaster, with masses of hundreds homeless because the monsoon attracts to an quit and wintry weather approaches. "There is nowhere to bathe or visit the bathroom," stated Zebunnisa Bibi, sheltering close to Fazilpur, in P...