Pakistan evacuates thousands as India releases water from swollen rivers | Floods News

Rescue crews said they evacuated more than 14,000 people from Kasur and 89,000 from Bahawalnagar.

Pakistani officials have started evacuating tens of thousands of people after neighbouring India released water from overflowing dams and swollen rivers into low-lying border regions.

The move on Tuesday came a day after New Delhi alerted Islamabad about possible cross-border flooding, the first public diplomatic contact between the two countries since a four-day war in May.

The latest flood alert…