About 150,000 Pakistanis were forced to move to higher ground as floodwaters from a freshly swollen Indus River submerged dozens more towns and villages in the south, a government spokesman said Saturday. Officials expect the floodwaters will recede nationwide in the next few days as the last river torrents empty into the Arabian Sea. Survivors may find little left when they return home, however: The waters have washed away houses, roads, bridges and crops vital to livelihoods, the Associated Press reported. Already, 600,000 people are in relief camps set up in Sindh province during the flooding over the past month. As the latest surge approached, «We evacuated more than 150,000 people from interior parts of Sindh in the past 24 hours,» said Jamil Soomro, a spokesman for the provincial government. The floods submerged new areas in Thatta district.
