Mass evacuations in eastern Pakistan as India releases water from swollen rivers
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A rescue worker helps a family board in a boat to evacuate them from a flooded area in Dhoop Sarhi village in Kasur district, Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, due to the rising water level in Sutlej River, following neighboring India releasing water from overflowing dams. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)Residents run across a bridge over the flooding Beas River following incessant rains in Kullu, in northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Aqil Khan)A rescue worker evacuates villagers from a flooded area in Dhoop Sarhi village in Kasur district, Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, due to the rising water level in Sutlej River, following neighboring India releasing water from overflowing dams. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)Villagers are evacuated by rescue workers from a flooded area in Dhoop Sarhi village in Kasur district, Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, due to the rising water level in Sutlej River, following neighboring India releasing water from overflowing dams. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)A family walk toward a rescue boat arriving to evacuate them from a flooded area in Dhoop Sarhi village in Kasur district, Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, due to the rising water level in Sutlej River, following neighboring India releasing water from overflowing dams. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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A rescue worker helps a family board in a boat to evacuate them from a flooded area in Dhoop Sarhi village in Kasur district, Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, due to the rising water level in Sutlej River, following neighboring India releasing water from overflowing dams. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)