Pakistan

Pakistani rescuers use drones to help evacuate thousands as heavy flooding devastate Punjab

By K.M. Chaudhry, Babar Dogar, Associated Press

On Monday, the Pakistan Meteorological Department warned of more heavy rain in flood-hit districts.

Rising floodwaters in Pakistan’s Punjab province put 2 million people at risk

By Babar Dogar, Associated Press

Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is dealing with the biggest flood in its history, a senior official said Sunday, as water levels of rivers rise to all-time highs.

Floods affect 1.2 million, displace nearly 250,000 in eastern Pakistan

By Babar Dogar, Munir Ahmed, Associated Press

The floods have displaced nearly 250,000 people and affected than 1 million, with crops and businesses destroyed. At least 15 people were killed in Gujranwala district.

Flash flooding and landslides kill at least 34 in Indian-controlled Kashmir

By Munir Ahmed, Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press

Officials say intense rains have left at least 34 people dead after lashing parts of Pakistan and India and triggering flash floods and landslides in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Pakistan reopens roads to areas where flash floods killed over 300

By Associated Press

Pakistan has restored 70% of electricity and reopened damaged roads in the north and northwest after flash floods killed more than 300 people.

Over 150 people are still missing after devastating flash floods in northwest Pakistan

By Riaz Khan, Associated Press

A changing climate has made residents of northern Pakistan's river-carved mountainous areas more vulnerable to sudden, heavy rains.

Pakistan defends flood response after more than 270 people killed in northwestern district

By Muhammad Sajjad, Riaz Khan, Associated Press

Rescuers recovered dozens more bodies from the rubble of collapsed homes in a northwestern district of Pakistan, bringing the death toll to at least 274, as authorities defended their response to the flooding and said they did not need any…

Pakistan’s monsoon flooding death toll rises to 220 with more rain in the forecast

By Muhammad Sajjad, Riaz Khan, Associated Press

Flooding in a northwest Pakistani district has killed at least 220 people, officials said Saturday, as rescuers pulled 63 more bodies overnight from homes flattened by flash floods and landslides, with forecasts of more rain in the coming days.

Flash floods triggered by torrential rains kill at least 176 people in India and Pakistan

By Channi Anand, Riaz Khan, Associated Press

Experts say cloudbursts have increased in recent years partly because of climate change, while damage from the storms also has increased because of unplanned development in mountain regions.