Overview

• Pakistan’s disaster agency reports nearly 800 deaths from rain and flooding since the monsoon began in late June.
• The army is operating across six districts in Punjab, with about 190,000 people moved from high‑risk areas.
• Rescue operations are hindered by landslides, damaged roads and near‑total communication outages in some zones.
• Forecasters warn of further heavy rainfall across affected regions as rivers remain swollen.
• Scientists and officials link the worsening floods to climate change and local vulnerabilities, recalling the scale of the 2022 disaster.