The death toll from three weeks of flooding in Pakistan has surpassed the 100 mark, officials said on Sunday, as authorities feared more heavy rains could affect more people. Flash floods killed 109 people and some 700,000 have been affected, dpa quoted the National Disaster Management Authority as saying. Military engineers repaired roads and bridges in the mountainous north to help rescuers reach people cut off for weeks, the authority said in a statement. River Indus, which flows down from the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea, flooded at several points in southern Sindh province, meteorological department chief Ghulam Rasool said. More rain is expected, Rasool said. Around 350,000 people have been evacuated from the banks of the Indus in past two days, the disaster authority said. Nearly 400 people were killed and crops on thousands of acres of land were destroyed by floods last year during the monsoon, which lasts from mid-July until the end of August. -- SPA 17:00 LOCAL TIME 14:00 GMT تغريد
