ISLAMABAD: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Punjab said on Saturday that a fourth spell of monsoon rains is expected to last in the province till August 5, warning authorities of the risk of landslides and urban flooding.
Pakistan has reported at least 122 deaths and 388 persons injured from rain-related incidents across the country since June 26. The northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province has reported the highest number of deaths, 56, followed by Punjab with 46, Azad Kashmir with 10, Balochistan with 8, Sindh with 2 and the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region with only one death.
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) warned on Friday that river flows are expected to increase significantly across all major river systems in Pakistan till August 2. However, the PDMA Punjab said on Saturday that water levels in most rivers across Punjab are in the “normal” ranges, with only low-level flooding reported in River Indus at Kalabagh and Chashma areas.
“The fourth spell of monsoon rains is predicted to continue until August 5,” the PDMA said. “Expected rainfall in upper catchments poses a risk of increased water flows in eastern rivers and adjoining streams.”
The report said that risks of urban flooding have been identified in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Sialkot, Faisalabad and Multan.
“Risk of landslides reported in Murree, Galiyat, and other hilly regions,” it added.
Pakistan is among countries considered most vulnerable to climate change and has experienced increasingly erratic weather in recent years, with more frequent heatwaves, droughts and extreme monsoon rainfall.
In 2025, above-average monsoon rains and flooding killed more than 1,000 people and caused widespread damage to homes, roads, agricultural land and public infrastructure, with Punjab among the hardest-hit provinces.
In 2022, record monsoon rains and glacial melt triggered catastrophic floods that killed more than 1,700 people, affected over 33 million people and caused an estimated $30 billion in economic losses, making it one of Pakistan’s worst natural disasters.
