Tag: Flood
Shahbaz to save the day for flood victims
In view of the recent rains and floods, Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif has directed the divisional commissioners and district administrations to monitor...
Shahbaz celebrates Eid with flood victims
Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif offered Eid prayers with the flood victims of Rajanpur.
Later, he freely mingled with the calamity-stricken people and distributed...
Boy drowns in nullah, 47 Sialkot villages submerged in floodwater
A 12-year-old boy drowned in the flooded Nullah Bhed on Tuesday as floodwater inundated Sialkot city and 47 villages in the area.
Arsalan was standing...
Shahbaz Sharif vows no discrimination in flood relief
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday said his government would provide relief to flood-affected people without any discrimination as he announced a relief...
KESC braves storm to restore power supply
Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) on Monday said that despite the horrendous weather, only 100 out of 1,350 feeders tripped during the heavy downpour.
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Rain plays havoc in various districts of Punjab, five die in...
Floods in rivers and subsidiaries due to the recent heavy rains inundated several villages in western Punjab on Sunday.
According to details, the monsoon rains...
Welcome to Venice…or is it Paris?
The MET office said that the city received more than 4mm rain with 83 percent humidity in air in the evening. The rain that...
Flood in Nullah Dek near Pasrur inundates several villages
Several villages were submerged due to high flood in Nullah Dek near Pasrur on Saturday.
Standing crops were inundated with floodwater while residents of nearby...
NDMA finalises plans to tackle flash flooding
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has finalised a contingency plan in collaboration with Provincial Disaster Management Authorities (PDMAs) to cope with any calamity in...
India battles to rescue flood survivors
Monsoon flooding in northern India has claimed more than 120 lives, stranding thousands of people due to high water levels and landslides, officials say.
Torrential...
Rain does it again
Gowaha residents in trouble as rain floods Rohi Nullah
Heavy rains last weekend caused large sections of the Rohi Nullah to overflow, flooding roads and...
Kabul River floods Nowshera
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Flood Cell said River Kabul was in medium flood at Nowshera district, discharging 126,000 cusecs of water.
According to the flood cell...
Rescuers gear up for possible flood in Nullah Leh
In the backdrop of possible flood-like situation in Nullah Leh in the monsoon, Rawalpindi DCO Rashid Mehmood Langerial has put WASA, Rescue 1122, Municipal...
Germany pledges $130m to help flood victims
At least 12 people have been killed in central Europe as floodwater inundates large areas of Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia and the Czech...
Massive plans for flood affectees fail to materialise in Sindh
The several plans made by the authorities to re-settle thousands of flood affectees have clearly failed, as the Sindh government has failed to ensure...
NHA, Chinese firms ink agreements for rehabilitation of flood-damaged...
National Highway Authority has signed agreements with two Chinese construction companies for the rehabilitation of flood damaged roads. Pakistan and China had signed a...
PM orders completion of hydropower projects to control floods
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that completion of Kachhi canal, Rainee canal, RBOD-1 and RBOD-III would be instrumental in controlling floods as...