Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reported 12 rain-related deaths in the 24 hours to July 21, raising the province’s cumulative monsoon death toll to 35 since late June — the highest of any province in Pakistan this season — as flash floods, structural collapses and lightning strikes swept through multiple KP districts (Arab News PK; ARY News; Xinhua).
The most acute single incident occurred in Khyber district, where at least six people — including three Afghan nationals — were swept away by flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in local streams. Rescue teams recovered several bodies; search operations continued for missing persons. Heavy rains also caused roof and wall collapses across Peshawar, Khyber, Mardan, Buner, Bajaur and Lower Chitral.
The NDMA’s nationwide monsoon death toll has reached 47 since the season’s onset in late June. The Pakistan Meteorological Department continues to forecast heavy rainfall across KP through July 23, with the flash flood risk window in local streams and nullahs remaining elevated particularly in Hazara division and upper KP. The Flood Forecasting Division has warned of flash flooding in hill torrents in Dera Ghazi Khan and streams in northern Balochistan.
Balochistan overlap
Northeastern Balochistan — specifically the districts of Zhob, Loralai, Kohlu, Sibi, Khuzdar and Dera Bugti — remains under the PMD’s heaviest-rainfall advisory through July 23, coinciding with the most active period of the Operation Shaban counterterrorism campaign. Rain-related disruption to road access and aerial ISR operations in these districts has added logistical friction to both security operations and relief pre-positioning.
Pakistan’s NDMA has pre-positioned relief stocks and directed provincial disaster management authorities to maintain emergency response teams at readiness. The cumulative toll is expected to rise further as the July 18–25 PMD forecast window enters its final days.
