National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has reported 16 deaths over the past two days and raised the toll to 831 in the last two months.
The floods, triggered by stormy rain and excessive discharge of water from India, have caused destruction, leaving thousands of people marooned and displaced while causing serious damage to property, infrastructure and clear crops.
Three cross -border rivers cut through Punjab bordering India are raised to unusually high levels affecting more than 2,300 villages.
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According to NDMA, the hardest hit provinces Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) with 480 deaths, while Punjab reported 191 deaths. Sindh recorded 58 deaths, Balochistan 24 and Gilgit-Baltistan 41. Azad Kashmir has reported 29 fatal accidents while Islamabad reported eight deaths. Children have carried the heads of the disaster with 219 minors among the deceased. The floods have also demanded life for 128 women and 484 men.
The impact on the country’s infrastructure has been devastating, with 238 bridges washed away and 661 kilometers of sunborn. The floods have also destroyed 9,000 homes and led to the loss of over 6,000 animals.
More than 35,000 people have been displaced due to the floods, many of which now live in emergency camps. KP has the highest number of displaced individuals of 26,000, followed by 6,000 in Punjab and 3,000 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
In response to the crisis, 1,880 rescue operations have been carried out and more than 500,000 people were rescued. Of these, 485,000 were rescued in Punjab, while 14,000 were moved to safe and higher locations in KP. Emergency relief efforts continue as authorities strive to help the affected communities and mitigate the ongoing disaster.
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Heavy rain has ravaged most parts of Pakistan with a forecast for more heavy rain in the coming days. On Friday, flooding water reached the outskirts of Lahore and threatened to dip Jhang in what is called the worst flood of almost 40 years in this region.
“The ongoing rescue operation is the largest in Punjab’s history,” said Irfan Ali Khan, head of the Provincial Disaster Management Agency while talking at a press conference.
He revealed that over 800 boats and 1,300 rescue staff have been deployed to evacuate people, mainly from rural areas along the banks of the three rivers.
Houses are partially submerged on the banks of the flooded Ravi River in Lahore on August 28, 2025. Photo: Reuters
The disaster follows a tragic series of accidents in mid -August, when torrent rains triggered deadly landslides in KP and killed over 400 people within a few days. The province, located near Afghanistan, faced further challenges for relief operations for various reasons.
In 2022, Pakistan endured the worst floods in his history and submerged thirds of the country where Sindh was the hardest hit. This year’s flooding further emphasizes the nation’s growing vulnerability to the increasingly severe effects of climate change with devastating consequences for both life and livelihood.
