Overview

• Flash floods and landslides triggered by intense monsoon rains have claimed over 300 lives in northern Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and at least 60 in Indian-administered Kashmir’s Kishtwar district.
• Hundreds of mountain villages remain cut off as more than 1,600 people have been evacuated or rescued but roads are blocked by debris and continuing heavy rain.
• A Russian-made MI-17 rescue helicopter crashed in Mohmand district in poor visibility, killing all five crew members tasked with delivering aid.
• Damage to mountain infrastructure has closed sections of the Karakoram Highway, and officials have restricted travel to flood-hit zones.
• A World Weather Attribution analysis estimates that warming has made recent month-long monsoon downpours 10–15% more intense, compounding Pakistan’s flood risk.