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Pakistan: Nearly 2 million displaced due to severe flooding
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Pakistan's Federal Minister for Climate Change, Musadik Malik, stated that nearly two million people in Pakistan have been displaced due to severe flooding, with the poorest families suffering the most, while calling on the nation to come together and provide urgent assistance to those affec
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Pakistan: 5 killed in rain-related incidents across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Monsoon rains in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province of Pakistan have resulted in the deaths of five people, including four children, and injured another five within the last 24 hours, Dawn reported, citing data from the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA).
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Embankments breached, millions affected as Pakistan faces worst floods in
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
In Pakistan's Punjab province, specifically in Kasur, the water flow at the Ganda Singh Headworks exceeded the "exceptionally very high" flood level on Friday, crossing the 385,000 cusecs mark, described as the highest in three decades.
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Pakistan: Over 24,000 people relocated after high-level flooding warning
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
As Pakistan's Punjab braces for a "high flood", more than 24000 people have been relocated from the low-lying areas of Indus, Chenab, Ravi and Satluj rivers, Dawn reported on Tuesday.
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Pakistan: Thousands hit by glacial, flash floods face shortage of essentia
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
People continue to suffer due to the government's apathy after glacial and flash floods in Gilgit-Baltistan have left them waiting for essential services, including water supply, as reported by Dawn on Tuesday.
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KP government launches salary deduction scheme to support flood victims
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has launched a relief effort for flood victims by deducting salaries from public and semi-government employees.
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Glacier burst and floods devastate Ghizer in PoGB, 330 homes damaged as ar
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A glacial lake outburst (GLOF) triggered flooding that caused extensive damage, resulting in the formation of an artificial lake yesterday morning. Numerous villages were inundated, leading to significant financial losses; however, there were no reported casualties, according to Geo News.
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Pakistan: Flash floods ravage Buner, Swat; 60% families lose livelihoods
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The assessment also points out that 40 per cent of households are already reporting occurrences of diarrhoea, with water-borne illnesses spreading due to contamination from the bodies of victims and livestock, along with the destruction of sanitation facilities.
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Pakistan: NDMA warns of flash floods, landslides as heavy rains hit till A
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to the NDMA advisory, Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are expected to see scattered showers and thunderstorms. The authority cautioned that isolated heavy downpours could trigger flash floods, landslides, and glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) in mountain valleys.
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Pakistan: Heavy rains cause floods in Indus resulting in displacement, cro
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Due to heavy rains, thousands of villagers living in the low-lying areas of Pakistan's Punjab were forced to leave their homes as levels of water rose in the Indus river, washing away all of the protective guide bunds and dykes constructed to support the Layyah-Taunsa Bridge, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan's Karachi reels under unprecedented monsoon rains; six killed, fl
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The incessant downpour caused flooding across neighbourhoods, leaving residents frustrated and helpless. The Pakistan Meteorological Department has warned of more showers to come.
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Devastating flash floods kill dozens, PoGB Home Minister says region lacks
Updated : 6 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Multiple regions were affected by cloudburst-induced flash floods, exacerbating the suffering of residents. The Gilgit-Baltistan Disaster Management Authority (GBDMA) reported that a nine-year-old boy sadly lost his life in a landslide while returning home from summer grazing to his village,
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