Pakistani Evacuates Flood Zone As 14 Million Uprooted -- Bloomberg
Pakistani engineers shored up river defenses in Hyderabad, the country’s sixth-largest city, as flood waters poured south, leaving behind a trail of unprecedented destruction.
“Our protective arrangements are all in place,” said Abdul Qadir Paleejo, executive engineer at the Kotri Barrage, a dam spanning the Indus River 8 kilometers (5 miles) northwest of the industrial city of 1.6 million people in Sindh province. "We have strengthened our embankments and protective walls."
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