Tag: Floods

Floods kill 371, affect 4.47m

Monsoon floods in Pakistan have killed 371 people and affected nearly 4.5 million, the government’s disaster relief agency said on Friday. Pakistan has suffered devastating...

Floods affect 748,000 people, kill 51 in Balochistan

More then 748,000 people of 15 districts were affected, 682 villages were completely destroyed while 5,000 livestock were swept away in the recent flood...

Million displaced by floods in India

Floods have forced more than one million people to flee their homes in northeastern India, where authorities have called a health alert, officials said...

Million homeless after floods in India: officials

Devastating floods have forced more than one million people to flee their homes in northeastern India where authorities have called a health alert, officials...

Breach in canal washes away makeshift homes

A breach in the canal inundated a surrounding gypsy population in Lahore on Sunday. According to rescue sources, a breach emerged in the canal...

PM for permanent solution to counter threat of floods

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf Saturday said a permanent solution was needed to counter threat of flash floods, affecting populated areas in Balochistan. Addressing a...

Torrential rains, floods have killed 262

A total of 262 people have been reported killed and 815 injured so far this year as torrential monsoon rains and flash floods wreak...

PM took an aerial view of rain‚ flood hit areas in...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf took an aerial view of rain and flood hit areas in Jaccobabad on Sunday. He was accompanied by Sindh Chief...

Army troops rescued over 3681 flood affectees to safer places: ISPR

The relief and rescue operations continued by Pakistan Army troops in flood affected areas of Southern Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan. According to the ISPR...

Army assistance sought in DG Khan

The city administration has sought the assistance of army to cope with raging floods in the area. According to the sources, the administration has sought...

Heavy rains in Azad Kashmir sweep away 14 people

At least 14 people including two women and four children were swept away by floods after heavy rains in Machyara, Naseerabad area of Azad...

Rains, floods sever land routes between Punjab and KP

The land routs connecting Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) have been disconnected due to heavy rain and flood in the mountainous areas of the...

Flawed ‘Disaster Contingency Plans’ in disaster prone Pakistan

Despite the fact that the country is vulnerable to all kinds of disasters including floods, droughts and earthquakes, the recent floods of 2010-11 which...

Breaches in canal inundate several villages

Two breaches in Shahmines Canal ruined rice crops cultivated on hundreds of acres of land besides flooding several villages here on Sunday. According to...

After Tharparkar four more districts to be declared calamity-hit

After declaring deserted district Tharparkar as calamity-hit, the Sindh government has now decided to declare four more districts as calamity-hit ahead of general elections...

Floods being caused by India, not rains: Munawar Hasan

Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan chief Syed Munawar Hasan has said the flood situation in Pakistan was being caused by India diverting river water to the country,...

More rains predicted

The Meteorological Department has predicted more rains in the Punjab, Kashmir and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa areas in the next 24 hours while floods have inundated...