Overview

• Punjab authorities requested army support for rescues as the Ravi, Chenab and Sutlej rivers swelled and villages flooded across six districts.
• More than 150,000 people have been displaced in eastern Punjab, including over 20,000 moved overnight near Lahore, following releases from overflowing Indian dams and persistent heavy rain.
• India conveyed the flood alert through diplomatic channels in the first publicly acknowledged contact since May’s missile exchanges and a U.S.-announced cease-fire.
• At least 36 people have died in Jammu and Kashmir after landslides and flash floods, and Indian authorities issued red alerts across several districts.
• Pakistani officials report more than 800 flood deaths since late June, and forecasters expect further rainfall this week that could raise already high river levels.