Pakistan's Punjab hit by intense monsoon rains and flooding
India on Wednesday (August 27) opened all gates of major dams on rivers in the parts of Kashmir region it administers following heavy rains, and warned neighbouring Pakistan of the possibility of downstream flooding, an Indian government source said.
Pakistan said Islamabad received the warning, and subsequently issued an alert for flooding on three rivers which flow into the country from India.
Arch-rivals India and Pakistan have been ravaged by intense monsoon rains and flooding in recent weeks.
Chairman of Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Lieutenant General Inam Haider Malik, told a news conference Sialkot was the hardest hit by the rains.
Pakistan's heartland province of Punjab faces an "exceptionally high" risk of flooding due to a combination of heavy rains and the excess water India is releasing from the dams, which then flows across the border, according to Pakistani officials. Pakistani Punjab serves as the country's breadbasket and is home to half of its 240 million people.
The death toll from flooding in Pakistan since the start of the monsoon season in late June now stands at 802, half of them in this month alone.
(Reuters)
Japaneses rally against Takaichi's erroneous remarks regarding China's Taiwan
Cubans rally in Havana to decry US policy on Venezuela
Olympic flame travels through the streets of Rome and Vatican
US military deployment near Venezuela ‘dangerous precedent’: Pezeshkian
Pezeshkian heads to Central Asia for Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan visit
VIDEO | Press TV's news headlines
Iran protests to FIFA over provocative armband plan at soccer match in US
Discover Iran: A timeless journey through the enchanting alleys of Astarabad, Gorgan’s old city
VIDEO | Cambodians flee border towns as Thai-Cambodia clash enters third day
Leaked emails reveal Epstein’s central role in pro-Israel causes in US
Iran says expanding cooperation with China, Saudi Arabia in multiple fields
PressTV NEWSLETTER
now
This makes it easy to access the Press TV website
