Officials say rescuers in eastern Pakistan have evacuated tens of thousands of people to safer areas after neighboring India released water from overflowing dams and swollen rivers into low-lying border regions.

Pakistan evacuated at least 150,000 people in areas along three rivers in its agricultural heartland to escape flooding, as neighbouring India warned it plans to release excess water from a dam, officials said on Tuesday.

Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says India has issued an alert about possible cross-border flooding after heavy monsoon rains in the South Asian region