Thatta
THATTA, Pakistan - Thousands of people streamed back to this historic southern city where new levees hastily built from clay and stone held back floodwaters that have inundated much of Pakistan.
THATTA, Pakistan - Floodwaters made another break Saturday in the levees protecting a southern Pakistani city, as thousands of residents fled for high ground and left the city nearly empty.
THATTA, Pakistan - Floodwaters made another break Saturday in the levees protecting the southern city of Thatta, as thousands of residents fled for high ground and left the city nearly empty.
THATTA, Pakistan - Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis fled floodwaters Friday after the surging River Indus smashed through levees in two places, but many refused to leave the danger zone while others took shelter in an ancient graveyard for Muslim saints.
THATTA, Pakistan - The world has given or pledged more than $800 million to help Pakistan cope with massive floods, the foreign minister said Sunday, as a surging river in the south led authorities to urge thousands more people to evacuate.
