New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- Amid an "exceptionally high" flooding alert, the Pakistani authorities have blown up an embankment next to a monsoon-engorged dam as flooding submerged Punjab province in the country.

At least three transboundary rivers in the east of the country have swollen to exceptionally high levels as a result of heavy rains across the border in India. As a result, flood alerts have been sounded across the Punjab province.

With multiple flood alerts, the Pakistani authorities have also deployed the Army to help evacuate people and livestock near Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej rivers.

Around 210,000 people had moved to another location, according to authorities. At the Qadirabad dam on the Chenab River, authorities carried out a con...