Overview

• Punjab authorities in Pakistan requested army support as rivers Ravi, Chenab and Sutlej surged, inundating villages and triggering large-scale rescues.
• Officials reported more than 20,000 people were moved overnight from the outskirts of Lahore, with earlier evacuations including over 14,000 from Kasur and more than 89,000 from Bahawalnagar.
• Pakistani officials said releases from overflowing dams in India compounded monsoon-driven flood risks for low-lying border areas.
• Pakistan’s disaster agency urged residents to avoid rivers and unnecessary travel and pushed alerts through media, mobile phones and its warning app.
• The cross-border alert was the first publicly known contact since May’s missile exchanges and a U.S.-reported cease-fire, and more than 800 people have died in Pakistan’s monsoon floods since late June.