Overview

• Disaster management authorities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan issued glacial flood alerts after July rainfall surpassed last year’s totals.
• Rescue teams evacuated more than 500 holidaymakers from Naran when an overnight cloudburst blocked key mountain roads and unleashed debris.
• Search operations on the Babusar Highway are under way to locate villagers missing after floodwaters struck nine communities.
• Helicopters airlifted stranded visitors from Fairy Meadows after flash floods and landslides severed access to the scenic valley.
• Gilgit-Baltistan officials have distributed tents, food packets and medicine to flood-affected areas, and 260 monsoon-season deaths nationwide have stoked fears of another 2022-style catastrophe.