Tag: Flood

Over 30 die in Kohistan flash floods

Over 30 people were killed in devastating flash floods in Kandiya Valley of Kohistan. Kohistan’s far-flung area of Gibrial overnight received lashing rains in Kandiya...

India releases more water into Sutlej, several villages flooded in Bahawalpur

Dozens of villages in Bahawalpur submerged as River Sutlej flooded after India released more water into the river on Wednesday. Water level at River Sutlej is...

‘Banks not returning property documents of flood victims’

A Swat citizen Haji Behroz on Monday called for Supreme Court (SC)’s intervention in implementing the government’s decision to waive off loans on victims...

KP flood victims to get compensation before Eid

The government is likely to release cash compensation of Rs 20,000 to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s victims of last year’s floods before Eid-ul-Fitr while the marooned...

River Ravi submerges entire village in Sahiwal, hundreds left homeless

Flood played havoc in a village located along Ravi River in Sahiwal. More than six dozen houses were inundated by rising river leaving hundreds...

Floods make 60,000 homeless: officials

Devastating rains have triggered floods in Sindh, affecting at least 700,000 people and forcing 60,000 from their homes, officials said Wednesday. "At least 700,000 people...

Flood displaces over 300,000 in 100 villages of district Badin

As a result of torrential monsoon rains over the last few days, a breach developed in the Left Bank Outfall Drain (LBOD), the largest...

Government would compensate flood affectees:PM

Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has said that after the assessment of loss , compensation would be given in the affected region from...

85 villages inundated after River Tavi flows in flood

At least 85 villages of Bajwat have been flooded due to overflow of River Jammu Tavi in Sialkot on Saturday, SAMAA reported. The affected villages’...

South Korea offers North flood aid

South Korea offered aid worth 5 billion won ($4.7 million) to flood-hit North Korea on Wednesday, its first such proposal since Pyongyang’s deadly island...

S. Korea offers N. Korea flood aid

South Korea offered North Korea flood relief aid worth 5 billion won ($4.7 million) on Wednesday after the communist state reported dozens of casualties...

Flood hazards and managing risk

Disasters like last year’s monsoon floods in Pakistan may only make news for a few days, but the real story lasts substantially much longer...

If last year’s flood torrents weren’t enough…

Even as a year has passed since the floods in Sindh, thousands of children are still missing out on their schooling and social activities...

UN promises more help to flood victims

Flood affectees in Pakistan still need assistance for the revival of normal life, even though recovery and relief efforts have been completed, Special Envoy...

NDMA sets up Flood Monitoring Centre

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has set up a National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) (Flood Monitoring Centre) to collect round-the-clock information and avoid...

Flood victims demand land, Watan cards for women, small farmers

While commemorating one year flood anniversary of floods 2010, the participants of “People’s Forum: Rebuilding Lives post 2010 Floods” organised by Action Aid Pakistan...

NGO helps flood victims

A year after the worst floods in the history of Pakistan killed over two thousand people and displaced millions, hundreds of thousands of adults...