Children waiting to be saved if their home by water will be held on 7 August 2010 near Sukkur, Pakistan. Evacuate HIGHLIGHTSAuthorities STORY about 150,000 people in Sindh provinceU. N. says at least 500,000 more are homeless in Punjab provincePakistanis angry with the President for leaving the country Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN)--heavy downpours exacerbated the huge floods in Pakistan on Sunday as exemption from aid agencies increased efforts to help the about 12 million people in many parts of the country. The floods, which started in the North West, endangered places as far south as a city of the port of Karachi. Peter Kessler, a spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees, called the situation "catastrophic". "There are whole families just sit and camping in the road median strips, people only row along the streets where they are safe, while there is a real sense of nervousness that worse may come," said Kessler. Districts in the southern province of Sindh were on high alert as more rain swelled rivers bloated and Sun-drenched Earth.
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