Authorities in Pakistan breached the dike on the nation’s largest lake on Sunday to guard two cities from an overflow of water, because the loss of life toll following months of devastating floods rose to 1,300.

The alarming water ranges reached at lake Manchar within the worst-hit southern province of Sindh on Saturday prompted the authorities to open the dam to direct the surplus water into the Indus River.

Sindh’s data minister Sharjeel Memon mentioned the measure was taken in a bid to guard the cities of Sehwan and Dadu. Nevertheless, greater than 125,000 folks from different cities have been affected by the breach and needed to be evacuated prematurely.

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