"Rescue crews said they evacuated more than 14,000 people from Kasur and 89,000 from Bahawalnagar. Pakistani officials have started evacuating tens of thousands of people after neighbouring India released water from overflowing dams and swollen rivers into low-lying border regions. The move on Tuesday came a day after New Delhi alerted Islamabad about possible cross-border flooding, the first public diplomatic contact between the two countries since a four-day war in May."
"Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said it had issued an advance alert to officials in Punjab province about a surge in the Sutlej River and the risk of flooding, and that evacuations from various districts in the eastern parts of the province were under way. In a statement, it said rescuers evacuated more than 14,000 people from Kasur, while about 89,000 were moved to safer ground from the city of Bahawalnagar, near the border with India."
Pakistani authorities evacuated tens of thousands after India released water from overflowing dams and swollen rivers into low-lying border regions. New Delhi alerted Islamabad a day earlier about possible cross-border flooding, marking the first public diplomatic contact since a four-day war in May. Heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 800 people in Pakistan since late June. The National Disaster Management Authority issued advance alerts about a Sutlej River surge and ordered evacuations in eastern Punjab. Rescuers moved more than 14,000 people from Kasur and about 89,000 from Bahawalnagar to safer ground.
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