ISLAMABAD: At least 15 people in Pakistan’s most populous Punjab province lost their lives in floods, officials confirmed late Wednesday night, after three monsoon-swollen rivers continued to surge downstream from India while the southern Sindh province braced for inundation amid forecasts of more rains.
Torrential downpours influenced by climate change have killed at least 805 people and injured 1,107 since the season began on June 26, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). The highest death toll has been reported in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where 479 people have died and 347 have been injured.
The Pakistan army has expanded rescue and relief operations in Punjab, where heavy rains and excess river waters from India in the Sutlej, Chenab and Ravi rivers have created an alarming situation.
“According to the commissioner of Gujranwala and Gujrat division, 15 people have died in the floods, including five from one family in Sialkot’s Sambrial, four in Gujrat, three in Narowal, two in Hafizabad and one in Gujranwala,” said the provincial information department.
Rescuers in a small boat transport residents from the flooded area of Narowal, a town of Punjab province, on August 27, 2025. (AFP)
