US EditionFloods Affect 1.2 Million and Displace Nearly 250,000 in Pakistan
Authorities evacuated over one million people as three major rivers simultaneously flooded, submerging more than 1,600 villages and destroying crops in Punjab's worst flood emergency in decades.
- This week, Pakistani authorities evacuated more than 1.1 million people from homes in Punjab province as floodwaters submerged 1,652 villages near the Sutlej, Chenab and Ravi rivers.
- Officials blamed a mix of heavy rains and excess upstream water from Indian dams, swelling the Ravi, Sutlej and Chenab rivers and triggering unprecedented flooding as weather systems converged over Pakistan.
- So far, 1,147,000 residents have been rescued, nearly 700 relief and 265 medical camps established, and rescue operations with 2,061 personnel and 176 vehicles saved more than 5,500 people, aided by over 9,000 Civil Defence volunteers.
- Since late June, floods have killed more than 800 people in Pakistan, with health workers reporting surges in malaria, fever and skin infections as WHO leads disease surveillance efforts.
- The Pakistan Meteorological Department warned of another strong monsoon between Aug 29 and Sept 2 as Sindh province monitors embankments and prepares for high downstream flows.
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Punjab reels as worst floods in years submerge 1,600 villages, displace 1.1m
Authorities evacuate around 1,009,000 people from flood-prone districts near Chenab river alone In total, 147,500 animals evacuated to safer locations, 255 relief camps set up in affected districts NDMA, Army and provincial govt leading large-scale relief operations as SUPARCO satellites track floodwaters; embankments reinforced NDMA chief confirms 820 deaths nationwide, calls floods ‘unprecedented’ while KP reports 406 deaths National disaster …
Torrential monsoon rains and the release of water from India's dams have caused three rivers to overflow.
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Pakistan evacuates a million people as farming belt hit by worst floods in decades
QADIRABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) -Pakistani authorities have evacuated more than a million people from homes in Punjab province this week, officials said on Thursday, as the worst flooding there in four decades caused havoc in hundreds of villages and submerged vital grains crops. Read full story
Floods affect 1.2 million and displace nearly 250,000 in Pakistan
Torrential monsoon rains and dam discharges from India have unleashed devastating floods across eastern Pakistan, affecting 1.2 million people, displacing nearly 250,000, and submerging entire villages in what officials are calling the worst flood emergency in decades.
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