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Pakistani government send its military to help people evacuate from floods
MENAFN
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August 27, 2025
(MENAFN) Pakistan has mobilized its army in northeastern Punjab province to support rescue and relief operations amid a flood emergency caused by heavy rains and India releasing water from overflowing dams. New Delhi has alerted Islamabad about...
Rising River Levels Spark Mass Evacuations in Pakistan
MENAFN
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August 26, 2025
(MENAFN) Authorities in Pakistan have evacuated roughly 150,000 people in the northeastern Punjab province as water levels surge in three major rivers following heavy rainfall and dam discharges from neighboring India, officials confirmed Tuesday....
Experts Warn Climate Change Spurs Floods Surge
MENAFN
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August 26, 2025
(MENAFN) From the monsoon belts of South Asia to the plains of the American South, floods are becoming more frequent and deadly, leaving hundreds dead and causing billions of dollars in damage. Experts warn that climate change is intensifying...
Doctors warn of psychological trauma of aftermath of Pakistan’s floods
MENAFN
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August 26, 2025
(MENAFN) Continuous heavy rains and severe flooding in northern Pakistan have caused extensive damage to infrastructure and farmlands, destroying hundreds of homes, roads, and bridges, while also sweeping away livestock. Now, the affected...
Doctors Warn Pakistan Post-Flood Diseases, Trauma May Kill More Than Floods
MENAFN
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August 25, 2025
(MENAFN) Northern Pakistan reels under relentless rains and devastating floods that have obliterated vast stretches of infrastructure and farmlands, destroying hundreds of homes, roads, bridges, and wiping out livestock. The survivors now confront...
Recent Monsoon Floods Leave 13 Dead in Pakistan
MENAFN
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August 25, 2025
(MENAFN) At least 13 people died and dozens more were injured on Sunday as fresh monsoon rains unleashed deadly flash floods and landslides across northern Pakistan, pushing the overall death toll past 460 in under two weeks, authorities and local...
Monsoon Rains Shower Northern Pakistan
MENAFN
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August 25, 2025
(MENAFN) At least 13 individuals lost their lives and dozens more were wounded as a new wave of monsoon showers caused sudden flash floods and landslides in northern Pakistan on Sunday. This recent surge has pushed the overall death toll to over...
OP-ED: The Road to Nowhere? A Critique of the ‘Route-Based Approach’ to Migration and Asylum
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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August 27, 2025
By Jeff Crisp Irregular arrivals For the past 40 years, the governments of wealthy countries in the Global North have been striving to curtail the arrival of refugees, asylum seekers and irregular migrants from less prosperous parts of the world....
Human Appeal launches emergency appeal to deliver 12,000 hot meals in Pakistan
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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August 22, 2025
MISSION VIEJO, Calif., Aug. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leading humanitarian aid charity Human Appeal announces its latest deployment of emergency aid: delivering 12,000 hot meals in Pakistan. This emergency appeal comes in response to the...
Pakistan Reports Floods Leave Over 400 Dead
MENAFN
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August 19, 2025
(MENAFN) Catastrophic rains, flash floods, and sudden cloudbursts have ravaged Pakistan for a fifth consecutive day, claiming the lives of more than 400 people, the country’s disaster management agency confirmed Tuesday. The brunt of the disaster...
Pakistan Floods Death Toll Nears 700
MENAFN
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August 19, 2025
(MENAFN) The number of fatalities resulting from catastrophic floods in Pakistan has escalated to almost 700, following the loss of 26 more lives in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa within the last 24 hours, officials reported on...
Floods in Pakistan Claim Hundreds of Lives
MENAFN
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August 19, 2025
(MENAFN) Rescue operations, reinforced by army personnel and local civilians, carried on throughout Monday as teams worked tirelessly to sift through thick layers of rubble in several regions of northwestern Pakistan. Floodwaters had obliterated...
Pakistan’s devastating floods destroy entire village
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) In northern Pakistan, the village of Bishnoi, once known for its scenic beauty and a river flowing calmly through it, was swept away by sudden floods on the morning of Friday, 15 August. Locals described a torrent of water rushing through...
Pakistan flooding kills hundreds
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Rescuers in Pakistan continued digging through debris on Sunday in a desperate search for survivors of devastating flash floods that have killed at least 344 people, with over 150 still missing. Heavy monsoon rains since Thursday have...
Pakistan rescuers reclaim bodies following monsoon rains murder over 340
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN) Rescue teams in northern Pakistan are battling difficult conditions to recover bodies after devastating monsoon rains triggered flash floods that have killed at least 344 people over the past two days, officials said Saturday. The...
Pakistan's Indus Delta sinks
MENAFN
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August 17, 2025
(MENAFN) Salt-crusted soil cracks underfoot as Habibullah Khatti visits his mother’s grave for a final farewell before leaving his drought-stricken village in Pakistan’s Indus delta. Seawater intrusion into the delta, where the Indus River meets...
Continuous floods claim lives of forty-three Pakistanis
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN) Ongoing heavy rains and widespread flooding have resulted in 43 additional fatalities in Pakistan over the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll since August 14 to 437, according to national and provincial disaster management...
Pakistan’s flash floods bring number of deaths to three hundred fifty-one
MENAFN
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August 17, 2025
(MENAFN) Authorities in Pakistan reported that heavy rains and flash floods have claimed 351 lives, with the hardest-hit region being Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 328 people died. Gilgit-Baltistan recorded 12 fatalities, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir...
Pakistan Flood, Landslides Fatalities Climb to 351
MENAFN
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August 17, 2025
(MENAFN) The death toll from devastating flash floods and landslides across Pakistan has climbed to 351, according to media, which cited government sources Sunday. The hardest-hit area remains Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where 328 lives have been...
Floods Claim Hundreds of Lives Across Pakistan
MENAFN
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August 17, 2025
(MENAFN) The total number of casualties from recent flash floods and landslides triggered by relentless downpours in Pakistan has reached 351, according to a news agency, which cited local officials on Sunday. In the northwestern province of...