High-level flood in Sukkur Barrage as casualties rise by 57

Monitoring Desk
Sindh’s Dadu district continued to face the threat of widespread devastation on Saturday as a high-level flood passed through Sukkur Barrage and water levels persistently rose on Manchhar Lake.
According to a Flood Forecasting Division report, a high-level flood of 559,988 cusecs was passing through Sukkur Barrage at 6am today. The barrage had a steady flow with a constant discharge of 559,998 cusecs since this morning.
The situation worsened by afternoon, when Rafique Ahmed Jamali, an MNA from Dadu, told Dawn.com that floodwater had been gushing towards the district’s Johi tehsil, parts of which were already inundated.
Dadu district has turned out the be the new epicentre of flooding as water flows towards the country’s south after wreaking havoc in the areas up north.
Meanwhile, the flow at Guddu barrage started reducing by this morning and continued to decline by the evening.