Overview

• The recent floods have pushed Pakistan’s monsoon-related death toll past 360 since June 26, with women and children comprising a significant share of the victims.
• Local authorities reported 49 fatalities in the last 24 hours when heavy rains triggered flash floods across northern and northwestern regions.
• A massive cloudburst in Bajaur district killed 16 people and swept away 17 others, many of them women and children, according to rescue official Amjad Khan.
• Battagram district saw 10 deaths and 18 missing persons after swift floodwaters, and Ghazar district in Gilgit-Baltistan recorded at least 10 fatalities while Pakistan-administered Kashmir reported seven more rain-related deaths.
• Emergency teams have evacuated about 1,300 tourists stranded by landslides, with search operations continuing for dozens still missing as authorities warn of more heavy rain.