Pakistan floodwaters receding

Emergency officials in Pakistan are reporting that water levels in the flood-stricken southern parts of the country are beginning to recede.



However, they have warned that water levels on the southern reaches of the Indus River are still exceptionally high.



The floods, triggered by torrential monsoon rains in the north-west, have moved south through the country, submerging towns and farmland.



More than 1,600 people have died and about six million left homeless in Pakistan's worst flooding.



In total, about 17 million of Pakistan's 166 million people have been affected by the disaster.