Overview

• Authorities say river levels around Jalalpur Pirwala are dropping and should fall significantly within 48 hours after approaching the danger mark earlier in the week.
• Rising waters have swamped villages near Shujaabad and Liaquatpur, and officials warn flows are moving toward southern Sindh.
• Two evacuation boats overturned this week in Jalalpur Pirwala and Rahim Yar Khan, killing 18 people, prompting orders that life jackets and life rings be mandatory and tighter oversight of boat operations.
• Punjab’s disaster authority reports more than 4,000 villages inundated, affecting over 4.5 million people and displacing about 2.4 million since last month.
• Nationwide, floods since late June have killed roughly 950 people, according to official counts.