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Residents evacuated with their belongings and livestock in eastern Pakistan’s Kasur district on Tuesday (Aug 26),as the country said it was facing a “very high to exceptionally high” danger of flooding due to a combination of heavy rains and India’s decision to release waters from two dams.

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00:01Residents evacuated with their belongings and livestock in eastern Pakistan's Kasur district on Tuesday,
00:07as the country said it was facing a very high to exceptionally high danger of flooding
00:12due to a combination of heavy rains and India's decision to release waters from two dams.
00:18India and Pakistan have been ravaged by intense monsoon rains and flooding in recent weeks.
00:24The release of excess water from India's dams threatens to further flood parts of Pakistan's Punjab province,
00:31which serves as the country's breadbasket and is home to half of its 240 million people.
00:37Pakistan's Provincial Disaster Management Authority said late on Tuesday
00:41that India had opened all the gates of its Thane Dam on the Ravi River.
00:46India's Water Resources Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
00:51Pakistan started forced evacuations last Friday.
00:55The number of displaced people in Pakistani Punjab now exceeds 150,000,
01:00including nearly 35,000 people who left voluntarily following flood warnings since August 14.
01:06the number of displaced people in Pakistani Punjab is the result of the individual who was born,
01:11the number of displaced people in Pakistani Kabul,
01:14the number of displaced people who left abroad their reside 22.
01:17Iran.
01:17The number of displaced people inermo
01:27the number of displaced people in Pakistanidulillah was enormous,
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