Floodwaters inundate 200 villages in Pakistan

Nearly 200 villages in eastern Pakistan's Punjab province have been inundated as rivers flow above danger mark and heavy rains lash the area.

The fresh spell of rain and flash floods in the province have killed over 20 people since Saturday, Dawn newspaper reported Tuesday.

Two people drowned in Sialkot while a woman died and four others sustained injuries when three rain-soaked houses collapsed in Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab, Monday.

Lahore and several other districts saw 36 hours of rain that ended Sunday morning, the newspaper said.

Almost 100 villages were submerged in Sialkot, 80 in Gujranwala and 12 in Mandi Bahauddin districts of the province, according to the newspaper.

District administrations of downstream areas along the water route of the Chenab river, which is in high flood due to incessant rains in the region, have been warned to evacuate people, Dawn reported.

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