Pakistani rescuers use drones to help evacuate thousands as heavy flooding devastate Punjab World Sep 1, 2025 4:29 PM EDT

JHANG, Pakistan (AP) — Emergency workers in Pakistan’s Punjab province used drones to find people stranded on rooftops by massive floods as the government expanded its rescue operation with more than 900,000 evacuated, officials said Monday.

The Pakistan Meteorological Department warned of more heavy rain in Punjab’s flood-hit districts and elsewhere in the country, where weeks of above-normal rainfall and the release of huge volumes of water from dams in neighboring India last week caused rivers to overflow into low-lying regions.

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