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
The Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast another widespread spell of monsoon rain from July 29 to August 5, warning of urban flooding in major cities and flash floods in local streams. A separate PDMA advisory has placed Chitral, Upper Kohistan and Swat on high alert for glacial lake outburst floods.
July 27, 2026
Rising river levels across Punjab have prompted the provincial disaster authority to warn residents along riverbanks to move to safer ground, with low-level flooding recorded in the Indus at Kalabagh, Chashma and Taunsa. The Met Office has flagged urban flooding risk in Lahore, Gujranwala, Multan, Hyderabad and Sukkur.
June 27, 2026
At least nine people were killed and seven injured in 24 hours of pre-monsoon storms across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, prompting the NDMA to warn of urban flooding and glacial lake outburst floods nationwide.
June 19, 2026
Roofs and walls collapsed across Dera Ismail Khan and Bajaur as a powerful windstorm and torrential rain swept the province on June 19; incident reports counted seven dead and eight injured, while the provincial disaster authority put the rain-related toll over the past day at nine killed.
September 2, 2022
LAHORE: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Punjab will start a survey of flood-affected areas from Monday. According to the spokesperson of PDMA, Pakistan Army, urban units, district administration and other institutions will be the part of survey teams. He said the government is committed to conduct a transparent survey by using digital techniques. Talking about the relief activities in flood affected areas, he said PDMA has distributed ration in more than seventy-four thousand flood affected families. He said one hundred and eighty-four flood relief camps were established in the flood hit areas, among which sixty-four relief camps are still
August 18, 2022
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed NDMA, PDMA and the provincial government to speed-up relief operations in the flood-affected areas immediately. According to PM Office, Shehbaz Sharif said the first priority in a flood situation is the rescue of the affected people and their immediate assistance. He also directed that 50000 rupees should be provided immediately to each victim family. The Prime Minister directed for immediate provision of accommodation, medical facilities, food and clean drinking water to the victims. He expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives and properties due to floods in southern Sindh.
July 12, 2022
SINDH: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Tuesday stated that 26 people have been killed in rain-related incidents across Sindh, from June 20 to July 10. According to data released by the PDMA, in addition to 26 deaths, 11 have been injured within the same period. The highest number of deaths occurred in Karachi. As monsoon rains ravage the province, the authority stated that 14 people were killed in rain-related accidents in the provincial capital, with six deaths reported in the city’s Eastern District and four in Korangi. In addition, the report highlighted that four others were killed, each
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