(ANSA) - MINGORA, AUG 27 - Thousands of people living near rivers in northern Pakistan, hit by floods, have been ordered to abandon their homes while the provisional death toll of the devastating monsoon rains approaches one thousand.
Many rivers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have broken their banks, demolishing dozens of buildings including a 150-room hotel, which crumbled under the force of water from a full stream.
According to local officials, this year's monsoon floods affected more than 33 million people - one in seven Pakistanis - destroying or severely damaging nearly one million homes.
The same officials say this year's floods are comparable to those of 2010 - the worst ever recorded - when more than two thousand people died and nearly a fifth of the country remained underwater.
(HANDLE).