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Flood-hit Pakistan breaches largest freshwater lake to avert overflow

Reuters · last updated

Authorities in flood-hit Pakistan strategically breached the country’s largest freshwater lake on Sunday, a minister said, displacing up to 100,000 people from their homes but saving more densely populated areas from gathering flood water.

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