Officials warn torrents of water expected to reach Sindh in the next few days, adding misery to millions already affected by the floods

Pakistan’s flooded southern Sindh province braced Sunday for a fresh deluge from swollen rivers in the north as the death toll from this year’s monsoon topped 1,000.

The mighty Indus River that courses through Pakistan’s second-most populous region is fed by dozens of mountain tributaries to the north, but many have burst their banks after record rains and glacier melt.

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