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Floodwaters begin receding in a major Pakistani city but nearby towns face evacuations

Officials say floodwaters that threatened a major town in eastern Punjab province have started receding, sparing its 700,000 residents

The Independent UK

India suffered Rs 24,000 crore losses this monsoon: Do we have a plan to fix this?

This monsoon season has brought severe destruction to India’s northern states. There were cloudbursts in Uttarakhand, flash floods in Himachal Pradesh, landslides in Jammu and Kashmir, and Punjab saw its worst flood since 1988.

Newslaundry

Rescue boat evacuating flood victims capsizes in eastern Pakistan, killing 9

A rescue boat evacuating people displaced by floods has capsized in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, killing nine people

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Over 120,000 evacuated from central Pakistan as floods leave survivors in scorching heat

Rescuers backed by the military have evacuated nearly 100,000 people from a central Pakistani city after floodwaters submerged homes and farmland

The Independent UK

Mud bridges, night vigils: How Punjab is surviving its flood crisis

At least 50 lives lost. Over 2,000 villages submerged. Punjab is in the grip of its worst flood disaster since 1988, with more than 20 lakh people affected and 3.87 lakh displaced in all 23 districts.

Newslaundry

‘Intense’ monsoon rain, flooding continue to engulf Pakistan’s Punjab

Authorities issue new evacuation warnings to communities near the Chenab, Sutlej, and Ravi rivers.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan evacuates 25,000 people from eastern city as rivers threaten flooding

Officials say rescuers backed by troops have evacuated more than 25,000 people from a city in eastern Pakistan as rising rivers threatened to flood the region

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Millions displaced in severe Pakistan flooding as India impacted too

Survivors tell Al Jazeera they lost everything in the floods and tents are needed to protect their children.

Al Jazeera

From farmers’ protest to floods: Punjab’s blueprint of resistance lives on

Gurdaspur is usually slow, almost sleepy, when the skies above are not lit with drones from across the border. But the rains came hard, and with them the Majha belt – Ajnala, Ferozepur, Fazilka – was underwater in a day. By the second, cavalcades of Fortuners and Hiluxes rolled in,…

Newslaundry

‘Everything is gone’: Punjabi farmers suffer worst floods in three decades

Flooding in northern India and Pakistan has destroyed homes – and hundreds of thousands of acres of crops

The Guardian - UK

Has India ‘weaponised water’ to deliberately flood Pakistan?

Pakistan blames India for floods that have killed hundreds, but experts urge focus on climate change.

Al Jazeera

Severe flooding in Pakistan forces 500,000 people to evacuate

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The Independent UK

Flood threat rises as rain lashes India and Pakistan

New spell of monsoon rains expected to persist for another 24-48 hours.

Al Jazeera

Half a million people forced to flee homes after flooding in Pakistan’s Punjab

The latest evacuations bring the total number of people displaced since last month to 1.8 million, officials say

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Flood alert in India’s capital as river Yamuna breaches danger mark

Nearly 300,000 people were evacuated in the past 48 hours across the border in Pakistan’s Punjab province

Euronews

Punjab faces worst floods in decades as heavy rains continue

Torrential rains and overflowing rivers have caused devastating floods across northern India, killing at least 30 people in Punjab.

Al Jazeera

Mass evacuations in Pakistan’s flooded Punjab hit 300,000 in 48 hours

Pakistan began evacuations last month after India released water from overflowing dams into low-lying border regions.

The Independent UK

Punjab floods threaten to devastate India’s rice harvest

One of South Asian nation’s top grain-producing states is reeling from its worst floods in nearly four decades

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The Independent UK

Mass evacuations in flood-hit Punjab hit 300,000 following alerts by India

Officials say nearly 300,000 people have been evacuated in the past 48 hours from flood-hit areas of eastern Punjab province, bringing the total number displaced since last month to 1.3 million

Newslaundry

Punjab’s darkest floods in 3 decades: As governance failures drown villages, stories of hope surface

At least 30 dead. Over 2.56 lakh people affected. Close to 1,400 villages inundated. Nearly 3 lakh acres of crops submerged. Around Rs 50,000 crore in losses from paddy crops alone. All of Punjab’s 23 districts hit – at least half of them seeing heavy damage.

The Independent UK

Pakistan uses drones to help rescuers evacuate thousands as floods devastate Punjab

Emergency workers in Pakistan's Punjab province have used drones to find people stranded by massive floods

The Independent UK

‘Biggest flood in Punjab’s history’ affects over 2 million people in Pakistan

Minister says first time Sutlej, Chenab and Ravi rivers carrying such high levels of water

Al Jazeera

Half a million people stranded by heavy flooding evacuated in Pakistan

In Punjab province, all three major rivers overflowed simultaneously, for the first time in the country’s history.

The Guardian - UK

‘The water left nothing’: Pakistan’s Punjab province reels from deadly floods

Fears of disease as more than 1,400 villages under water after three large rivers overflow their banks

International Business Times

Smog Then Floods: Pakistani Families 'Can't Catch A Break'

Perched on her neighbour's rooftop, Ghulam Bano gazes down at the remains of her home, submerged in murky, foul-smelling floodwater that has engulfed much of Pakistan's Punjab region.

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