US EditionFlash floods kill a further 56 people in Pakistan’s northwest
Flash floods caused by cloudbursts killed over 120 people and left scores missing amid ongoing rescue operations in mountainous India and Pakistan regions, with 1,600 evacuated, officials said.
- On Friday, flash floods caused by torrential rains killed at least 120 people and rescuers evacuated some 1,600 in India and Pakistan, officials said.
- Experts say climate change is making cloudbursts more frequent, with rainfall from June 24 to July 23 being 10% to 15% heavier, according to World Weather Attribution.
- Most of the 150 deaths in Pakistan, including 78 in Buner district, occurred after floods in India on Friday and Pakistan on Thursday.
- Disaster management official Mohammed Irshad warned that missing numbers might rise as the pilgrimage was suspended and heavy rain is forecast until August 21, 2025.
- In recent years, experts say monsoon severity has increased, making rescue efforts more urgent as 2022 floods caused over $40 billion in damage and killed more than 1,700 people, according to Pakistan’s disaster management agency.
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Floods have caused many deaths in the Kashmir region of India and Pakistan as well as in northern Pakistan. Rescue work is difficult and death rates may continue to rise.
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On Thursday 14 and Friday 15 August, torrential and sudden rains caused nearly 200 new casualties in northern Pakistan, bringing the number of deaths since the beginning of the monsoon to over 500 at the end of June 2025.
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khbrknewsAt least 224 dead after flash floods hit India and Pakistan
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At least 117 people have died in the past 24 hours after heavy rains in Pakistan, the country's disaster management agency told AFP on Friday. The rain has triggered landslides and flash floods, killing at least 117 people and injuring 100 others.
·Aarhus, Denmark
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