August 19, 2026
The Pakistan Meteorological Department issued a flood alert after three days of rain sent Nullah Lai past 22 feet at Kattarian and sirens were sounded. Levels have since fallen to 17 feet, with more rain forecast to August 21.
August 4, 2026
The Pakistan Meteorological Department has warned that isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall could trigger urban flooding, flash floods and landslides, listing Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan, Peshawar and Nowshera among the areas at risk of inundation.
August 1, 2026
A 2.9-magnitude earthquake was felt in parts of Karachi on Friday evening, with the Pakistan Meteorological Department putting the epicentre within the city and the depth at 10 kilometres. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
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.
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
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 21, 2026
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reported 12 monsoon-related deaths in the 24 hours to July 21, raising the province's total to 35 since the season began — the highest provincial toll in the country. At least six people including three Afghan nationals were swept away by flash floods in Khyber district after heavy rains triggered flooding in local streams. The nationwide NDMA death toll since monsoon onset has reached 47. Northeastern Balochistan remains under the PMD's heaviest-rainfall advisory through July 23.
July 19, 2026
Heavy monsoon rains intensified across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on July 18–19, the first active days of the Pakistan Meteorological Department's July 18–25 nationwide forecast. Flash flooding was reported in local streams and nullahs in KP consistent with PMD warnings. Northeastern Balochistan — including Zhob, Kohlu, Sibi and Khuzdar districts, several of which are also active Operation Shaban zones — faces its heaviest rainfall from the evening of July 19 through July 23. More than 90 people have been killed in rain-related incidents since late June.
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