In this photograph launched by Rescue 1122 Emergency Department, rescue employees assist a villager as he and others are being evacuate from a flooded space of Bahawalnagar district in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023.

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In this photograph launched by Rescue 1122 Emergency Department, rescue employees assist a villager as he and others are being evacuate from a flooded space of Bahawalnagar district in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023.

Rescue 1122 Emergency Department/AP

MULTAN, Pakistan — Rescuers have evacuated greater than 100,000 folks from flood-hit areas of Pakistan’s jap Punjab province up to now three weeks, officers stated Wednesday.

The rescue operations had been expanded final week when the Sutlej River began overflowing, inundating a number of districts. Most of the evacuations had been reported within the districts of Bahawalpur and Kasur in Punjab province.

Small-scale evacuations started in July after neighboring India diverted water from dams into the Ravi River, which flows from India into Pakistan.

Later rains additionally flooded the Sutlej River, prompting authorities to evacuate folks residing close by.

The nationwide catastrophe administration company stated water ranges within the Ravi River are at present regular however will rise additional within the Sutlej River this week.

Pakistani authorities are still struggling to overcome the injury attributable to massive floods last summer that affected 33 million folks and killed 1,739. They prompted $30 billion in injury to the nation’s financial system.

The monsoon season started in July and can proceed till September.