Overview

• Medium-level flooding persists at Kotri Barrage, where rising discharge to 407,000 cusecs has inundated riverine villages in Thatta, Matiari and near Nawabshah, prompting evacuations and leaving some residents stranded.
• NDMA and the Flood Forecasting Division report nationwide red alerts lifted with only parts of lower Sindh under medium flood, and NEOC expects elevated flows at Kotri to continue through the end of September.
• WAPDA says river and reservoir conditions are stable upstream, with flows at Guddu and Sukkur receding and Punjab’s rivers largely normal aside from a low-level flood at Head Islam.
• Localized emergencies continue, including a high flood on the Indus at Mehrr in Dadu that has swamped more than 50 villages and fresh inundation in katcha areas of Sujawal.
• Rehabilitation is underway as Punjab unveils cash compensation for farmers and housing losses, officials tally 4.7 million people affected with 2.1 million livestock lost, and France commits €500,000 for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.