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As monsoon rains ravage Punjab, relief organizations rush to save thousands
ISLAMABAD: As torrential monsoon rains inundate villages and farmlands across Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, an army of volunteers from national and international charities is racing against rising waters to pull stranded families to safety, deliver food to marooned communities and erect makeshift shelters for the hundreds of thousands uprooted by the floods.
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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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arabnews.com
Pakistan evacuates half a million people stranded by floods
LAHORE, Pakistan: Nearly half a million people have been displaced by flooding in eastern Pakistan after days of heavy rain swelled rivers, relief officials said Saturday, as they…
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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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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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As monsoon rains ravage Punjab, relief organizations rush to save thousands
ISLAMABAD: As torrential monsoon rains inundate villages and farmlands across Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, an army of volunteers from national and international…
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Pakistan floods kill 43, displace 1.3 million in Punjab as rivers set to swell further
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Wednesday floods had killed at least 43 people in the last 10 days and displaced over 1.3 million in the breadbasket Punjab province, as swollen rivers…
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Pakistan floods kill 43, displaces 1.3 million in Punjab as rivers set to swell further
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Wednesday that floods had killed at least 43 people in the past 10 days and displaced more than 1.3 million in the breadbasket Punjab province, as…
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Nearly 4 million affected as floods swamp Pakistan’s Punjab, threaten city of Multan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s disaster management chief in Punjab warned on Thursday that the next 24 hours would be “extremely critical” as floods surged down the Chenab River,…
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Pakistan floods: Sindh on high alert as Punjab threat persists
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s disaster agency on Thursday issued a high alert for Sindh as heavy monsoon rains and swollen rivers threatened to inundate large parts of the southern…