LAHORE:

Pakistan's flood crisis worsened on Wednesday as authorities warned of "exceptionally high" water levels in the Chenab and Sutlej rivers, threatening large parts of southern Punjab. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) confirmed that monsoon floods have claimed at least 883 lives since late June.

In the past 24 hours, two more children died — one in Kotli, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and another in Islamabad — pushing the nationwide death toll to 883, with nearly 1,200 others injured, according to the NDMA's daily situation report.

Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa remain the hardest-hit regions. Punjab has reported 223 deaths and 648 injuries, while Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has recorded 488 fatalities and 360 injuries. Sindh has reported 58 deaths, Gilgit-Baltistan 41, Azad Kash

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