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Urban flooding hits Lahore and Peshawar as Pakistan reels from fresh monsoon spell
ISLAMABAD: Urban flooding paralyzed parts of Peshawar and Lahore on Saturday as a new spell of monsoon rains battered Pakistan, while the country’s eastern Punjab province continued to grapple with high floods in three raging rivers flowing downstream toward southern Sindh, officials said. The deluge began in Punjab on Monday after India released water into the Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej rivers, destroying farmlands, sweeping away herds and affecting more than a million people.
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arabnews.com
Pakistan floods kill at least 15 in Punjab as trans-boundary rivers swell, Sindh braces for impact
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…
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Pakistan towns face flood risk if river barrage crumbles — officials
LAHORE/SRINAGAR: Pakistan’s eastern towns of Chiniot and Hafizabad face a risk of catastrophic floods if an irrigation barrage crumbles on a major river upstream after heavy rains…
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lemonde.fr
Floods in eastern Pakistan affect 1.2 million, displace nearly 250,000
Rescuers in boats raced to reach stranded families in the populous Punjab province after three major rivers burst their banks because of heavy rain and the release of water from…
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Climate-driven floods push Pakistan to confront water infrastructure failures
ISLAMABAD: As record monsoon floods batter Pakistan’s Punjab province, officials are calling for urgent investment in dams and water infrastructure, arguing that India’s stronger…
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Pakistan orders fresh evacuations as flood surges move toward Jhang, Chiniot districts
ISLAMABAD: Authorities in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Friday ordered fresh evacuations as major flood surges coursed down the Ravi and Chenab rivers, threatening towns in the…
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Pakistan evacuates 435,000 as monsoon floods kill 20 in Punjab
ISLAMABAD: Twenty people have died in Pakistan’s Punjab this week and more than 435,000 residents have been evacuated as record monsoon floods continue to sweep across the…
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Floods in Pakistan’s Punjab kill 30, displace over 1.5 million as rivers swell
ISLAMABAD: At least 30 people have been killed and more than 1.5 million affected as high floods in the Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej rivers submerged over 2,300 villages across…
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aljazeera.com
Half a million people stranded by heavy flooding evacuated in Pakistan
In Punjab province, all three major rivers overflowed simultaneously, for the first time in the country’s history.
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Urban flooding hits Lahore and Peshawar as Pakistan reels from fresh monsoon spell
ISLAMABAD: Urban flooding paralyzed parts of Peshawar and Lahore on Saturday as a new spell of monsoon rains battered Pakistan, while the country’s eastern Punjab province…
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Floods in Pakistan’s Punjab kill 33, nearly 750,000 evacuated as rivers swell
ISLAMABAD: At least 33 people have been killed due to torrential rains and floods in Pakistan’s Punjab this week, a senior official confirmed on Sunday, as authorities ramp up…
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Pakistan’s Punjab braces for more rains, cross-border flooding with 33 dead, 8 injured
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province braced for heavy monsoon rains and more cross-border flooding from India on Monday, as officials put the death toll at 33 from deadly…
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Rains put Islamabad on flood alert as swollen rivers continue to threaten new inundations
ISLAMABAD: Authorities in Pakistan’s federal capital issued a flood alert on Monday amid heavy rains, as swollen rivers Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej continued to swell from downpours…