Swollen river threatens Pakistan towns

Pakistani officials today urged anyone left in three southern towns to evacuate immediately as water broke through an embankment, endangering areas previously untouched by the country’s flooding disaster.

The swollen Indus River broke through the Sur Jani embankment in southern Sindh province late yesterday, threatening the towns of Sujawal, Daro and Mir Pur Batoro, said Mansoor Sheikh, a government official in Thatta district.