"We have reports from early this morning that Jalalpur Pirwala, which is 90km [56 miles] from Multan that half a million people are stuck after the water inundated their villages; some of them are seeking protection under rooftops, he said. There aren't sufficient boats to evacuate these people. Helicopter operations have been called in, but the weather is also not good, he added."
"With the rain continuing, Hyder stressed that the situation was a huge calamity with villages and houses destroyed, but also the country now having to reel from losing crops due to the destruction of farmland. In Multan, located between the Sutlej and Chenab rivers, floodwaters have breached at least three embankments, inundating dozens of villages."
Evacuation orders were issued for low-lying communities near the swollen Chenab, Sutlej and Ravi rivers in Punjab as heavy flood warnings follow the region's worst recorded flooding. Persistent rains and another intense monsoon system are expected to bring exceptional downpours in southern areas over the next two days, with widespread heavy to very heavy rain, thundershowers and windstorms forecast. About half a million people in Jalalpur Pirwala are reported stranded after floodwaters inundated villages, with insufficient boats and helicopter operations hampered by poor weather. Multiple embankments near Multan have breached, inundating dozens of villages and destroying houses and farmland, threatening significant crop losses.
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