By ZARAR KHAN TURBAT, Pakistan - Hungry victims of monsoon-spawned floods rioted Friday, protesting slow, meager aid reaching their marooned villages where many feared the receding waters would yield numerous corpses.

Tropical Cyclone Yemyin hammered Pakistan's coast before moving into Iran as a weaker storm Thursday. At least 18 people were killed by the storm, the Pak Tribune reported. Thousands of people were forced out of their homes. The cyclone also closed highways and railway lines.

By ZARAR KHAN TURBAT, Pakistan - Helicopters dropped urgently needed supplies Thursday in coastal areas where some 800,000 people were stranded by monsoon-spawned flooding, officials said.

Thousands of people were stranded on rooftops and tree branches Wednesday as cyclone-spawned floods surged through towns and villages of Pakistan's coastline, officials said.