Editing Indus River (section)

===2010 floods===
[[File:Indus flooding 2010 en.svg|upright=1.25|thumb|right|Affected areas as of 26 August 2010]]
{{Main|2010 Pakistan floods}}
Frequently, Indus River is prone to moderate to severe flooding.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/30431/indus-basin-floods.pdf |title=Indus Basin Floods |publisher=Asian Development Bank |date=2013 |access-date=20 November 2018 |archive-date=17 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817092132/https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/30431/indus-basin-floods.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 2010, following abnormally heavy [[monsoon]] rains, the Indus River rose above its banks and started flooding. The rain continued for the next two months, devastating large areas of Pakistan. In [[Sindh]], the Indus burst its banks near [[Sukkur]] on 8 August, submerging the village of Mor Khan Jatoi.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bodeen |first=Christopher |title=Asia flooding plunges millions into misery |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jLQ5AssQ1MzPfWcFQRV8ZeJhjctQD9HFBA400 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100904101109/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jLQ5AssQ1MzPfWcFQRV8ZeJhjctQD9HFBA400 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 September 2010 |access-date=8 August 2010 |agency=Associated Press |date=8 August 2010 }}</ref> In early August, the heaviest flooding moved southward along the Indus River from severely affected northern regions toward western [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], where at least {{cvt|1400000|acres|ha}} of cropland was destroyed, and the southern province of Sindh.<ref>{{cite news |last=Guerin |first=Orla |title=Pakistan issues flooding 'red alert' for Sindh province |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10900947 |access-date=7 August 2010 |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=7 August 2010 |archive-date=7 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100807205010/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10900947 |url-status=live }}</ref> {{As of|September 2010}}, over two thousand people had died and over a million homes had been destroyed since the flooding began.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10994989 |title=BBC News – Pakistan floods: World Bank to lend $900m for recovery |work=bbc.co.uk |date=17 August 2010 |access-date=24 August 2010 |archive-date=25 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825043604/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10994989 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10984477 |title=BBC News – Millions of Pakistan children at risk of flood diseases |work=bbc.co.uk |date=16 August 2010 |access-date=24 August 2010 |archive-date=16 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816190021/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10984477 |url-status=live }}</ref>