In Pakistan, emergency officials say water levels in flood-stricken southern Pakistan are beginning to recede. They warned, however, that water levels on the southern reaches of the Indus River were still exceptionally high.An emergency official in Sindh province, Hadi Baksh, said the danger of flooding remained high, but levels were beginning to drop as the surge of water that had been flowing north-south across Pakistan reached the Arabian Sea. He said in the coming days, the towns and villages will be out of flood danger. 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 are homeless after Pakistan's worst flooding. In total, about 17 million of Pakistan's 166 million people have been affected by the disaster.