ISLAMABAD, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Rivers flowing at high-alert level and seasonal rains inundated nearly 200 villages in eastern Pakistan's Punjab province, affecting crops and displacing people, the newspaper DAWN reported on Tuesday.

    The fresh spell of rain and flash flood in the province has killed over 20 people since Saturday.

    Two people drowned in eastern city Sialkot while a woman died and four others sustained injuries when three more rain-soaked houses collapsed in Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab, on Monday, DAWN said.

    Lahore and several other districts saw a 36-hour rain that ended on Sunday morning, it said.

    Almost 100 villages were submerged in Sialkot, 80 in Gujranwala and 12 in Mandi Bahauddin districts of the province, according to the newspaper.

    District administrations of downstream areas along the water route of Chenab river, which is in high flood due to incessant rains in the region, have been warned to evacuate people, DAWN reported.

    The period of July to September is the rainy season in Pakistan, and since end of June, the rain-caused incidents have claimed hundreds of lives and generated mass property loss across the country. Enditem