Overview

• Recent flash floods have killed at least 344 people, bringing the monsoon season death toll in Pakistan to over 600.
• Officials report at least 150 people remain missing in Buner, with dozens more unaccounted for in Shangla after homes were swept away.
• Some 2,000 rescue personnel are navigating flooded roads and fresh landslides that are hindering body recovery and medical evacuations.
• The provincial government has declared Buner, Bajaur, Swat, Shangla, Mansehra and Battagram as severely affected areas facing widespread infrastructure damage.
• Scientists estimate that human-driven warming has intensified northern Pakistan’s 30-day maximum rainfall by about 22% and warn that retreating glaciers are destabilizing slopes.