Pakistan, Karachi and Floods
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DPA International on MSNPakistan braces for more heavy rain as death toll rises to 749
Pakistan is expecting more heavy rain in the coming days and authorities are warning of urban flooding, as the country struggles with the aftermath of previous monsoon downpours. “Three different weather systems in Pakistan would cause heavy rains over the next 15 days,
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Pakistan’s monsoon flooding death toll rises to 220 as forecasters warn of more rain to come
Flooding in a northwest Pakistani district has killed at least 220 people, officials said Saturday, as rescuers pulled 63 more bodies overnight from homes flattened by flash floods and landslides. Rescue workers transport the body a victim of Friday’s flash flooding after recovering it from the rubble of a damaged house at Qadir Nagar village near Pir Baba,
More than 20 people have died on Wednesday in a torrential spell of monsoon rain in Pakistan, where downpours have swept away entire villages over the last week, killing more
A deluge of rain triggered floods and landslides, sweeping people away and flooding and destroying homes, officials said.
Across Pakistan, monsoon rains that began in late June have been heavier than usual, killing at least 645 people. Four hundred of those deaths were in the northwest alone, where narrow valleys and river-carved gorges funnel rainwater into sudden torrents.
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Sudden, heavy rain in Pakistan, India-administered Kashmir and Nepal kills more than 400 people
Sudden floods triggered by heavy rains have killed more than 200 people across parts of Pakistan, India-administered Kashmir and Nepal, authorities have said, as scores of people remain missing.
According to the Met Office, strong monsoon currents from the Arabian Sea & Bay of Bengal are likely to penetrate the upper parts of the country from
ISLAMABAD: Cloudbursts are causing chaos in mountainous parts of India and Pakistan, with tremendous amounts of rain falling in a short period of time over a concentrated area. The instense, sudden deluges have proven fatal in both countries.