Overview
- Several Pakistani provinces and Indian states have sustained emergency declarations and red alerts to prepare for a new surge of monsoon rainfall.
- Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority reports 82% more rainfall this July than last year, with Punjab receiving 124% above normal and at least 178 fatalities including 85 children.
- Heavy downpours in mid-July have killed at least 23 people in Rajasthan and 18 in Uttar Pradesh, triggering evacuations and public holiday declarations in flood-prone districts.
- Rescue forces from the National Disaster Response Force, Provincial Disaster Management Authorities and state agencies are conducting large-scale operations and running relief camps for thousands of displaced residents.
- Experts warn that accelerated glacier melt and a warming atmosphere are intensifying monsoon swings and flash-flood risks across the Indus basin and Himalayan foothills.