Overview

• Officials report nearly 400 deaths in five days, including 356 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, taking the monsoon’s national toll since June 26 past 700.
• Close to 1,000 people have been injured this season, according to the National Disaster Management Authority.
• Search-and-rescue teams are still digging through debris in isolated northern areas as damaged roads and disrupted phone networks slow operations.
• Forecasts indicate rain through Saturday with another spell expected later this month and the monsoon lasting into mid-September.
• Heavy rain has begun in Sindh and Balochistan, with urban flooding warnings for Karachi and a main interprovincial highway blocked for heavy vehicles, while the prime minister says relief teams and heavy machinery have been deployed.