September 15, 2026
The disaster authority has warned of flash flooding in mountainous districts and urban flooding in Islamabad, Rawalpindi and central Punjab, with rain expected to continue until 17 September.
August 22, 2026
Shehbaz Sharif has directed compensation for the families of those killed and for owners of houses damaged in the recent rains and floods, along with accelerated relief and the restoration of power and roads.
August 5, 2026
Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir has said the armed forces stand ready to assist the National Disaster Management Authority and civil administration in relief operations, during a visit to the National Emergencies Operation Centre.
July 28, 2026
The Met Office can tell you which of eighteen Punjab districts will get heavy rain on which day next week. It cannot get a boat to Iqra Salman, who has been surrounded by floodwater for four days. Aflatoon on the gap between a state that forecasts beautifully and one that arrives late.
July 28, 2026
Volunteer crews are evacuating residents from around a dozen flooded villages in Punjab, where families report waiting four days without seeing a rescue team. Flood-related incidents have killed 109 people nationally since June 26, roughly a third of them in Punjab.
July 27, 2026
Pakistan's monsoon death toll has passed 100, reaching 107 since the season opened on June 26, after ten more deaths in 24 hours — seven in Punjab and three in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The NDMA attributes the fatalities principally to house collapses, electrocution and drowning, and more rain is expected in the country's upper parts from July 29.
July 26, 2026
Ninety-seven people have died in this monsoon season, and the single leading cause is not flood water. It is houses falling down. Aflatoon considers what it means that the deadliest thing about the rain in Pakistan is the buildings, and why that fact never makes the headline.
July 26, 2026
Pakistan's monsoon death toll has climbed to 97 after eleven rain-related deaths in 24 hours, with 297 people now injured since the season opened on June 26. Seven of the latest deaths were in Punjab, where heavy rain also left 20 injured, and the Met Office expects further heavy falls over Islamabad and Kashmir.
July 25, 2026
Five more rain-related deaths, four of them children, pushed Pakistan's monsoon toll to 86 since the season opened on June 26, with 272 people injured. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa accounts for 51 of the dead. The NDMA and Met Office warn that a fresh spell running through Monday could bring urban and flash flooding.
July 24, 2026
Punjab has been placed on high flood alert as the Chenab River at Marala and the Jhelum River upstream of Mangla Dam register rising levels, with the National Disaster Management Authority warning that a strong monsoon incursion interacting with a westerly wave could trigger high-flow conditions in major rivers through July 24. The 2026 monsoon season, which began June 26, has now killed at least 47 people across Pakistan.
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