AT LEAST five people were killed and more than a dozen had to be rescued in Pakistan’s flooded southern Punjab province after a boat carrying evacuees capsized on Saturday.

According to the disaster management authority, the boat overturned in the Multan district due to strong currents, but the majority of passengers were saved.

Flooding from the Ravi, Sutlej and Chenab rivers has forced more than two million people from in excess of 4,100 villages to flee from their homes, according to Punjab Relief Commissioner Nabil Javed.

Some 423 relief camps, 512 medical facilities and 432 veterinary posts have been set up to protect both people and livestock.

The United Nations reports that around 900 people have been killed in monsoon floods in Pakistan since June.

Global warming has worsened monsoon rains this year in Pakistan, one of the countries widely considered as one of the most vulnerable to the climate emergency.

Flash floods and landslides have been triggered by torrential rains that have hit the mountainous north and north-west of the country in recent months.