Swelling Pakistan Lake Could Cause More Flooding

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials in Pakistan are warning that more flooding is expected as Lake Manchar in southern Pakistan swells from unprecedented monsoon rains that began in mid-June and have killed nearly 1,300 people. Meteorologists predicted more rain in the region in the coming days and authorities urged villagers in the Jamshoro and Dadu districts of Sindh province near the lake to evacuate. They said the rising waters reached dangerous levels and posed a threat to a protective dyke and embankment. The water body, located west of the Indus River, is the largest natural freshwater lake in Pakistan and one of the largest in Asia.