Dozens of people are missing, feared dead after torrential rain in parts of the Pakistan-administered territory of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The short burst of rain, described as a cloudburst…
Several communities have been cut-off and tourists left stranded after flooding in remote areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Province in Pakistan. KP Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said a glacial…
Thunderstorms, dust storms, strong winds and heavy rain have affected several states in India and Pakistan over the last week, damaging homes and downing trees. Disaster management authorities in the…
The Provincial Disaster Authority in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (PDMA-KP), Pakistan, reported on 09 April, 2019, that strong winds and heavy rain have affected the districts of Peshawar, Mardan, Swabi, Kohat…
Days of heavy rain in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province caused a landslide on 24 March, 2019, killing at least 6 people. According to local media reports, the landslide struck in Harnai.…
Heavy rain has caused flash flooding and landslides in areas of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan over the last few days. Parts of Kandahar Province in Afghanistan recorded around half its…
Heavy rain has brought flash flooding to several provinces of Pakistan over the last few days, with local media reporting over 25 fatalities. The provincial government of Balochistan has declared…
Waterlogged hillsides are dangerous. For those who live on them, or further downhill, they can be deadly. The global risk from landslides is rising, writes Tim Radford for Climate News…
[ISLAMABAD] A wetter future awaits South Asia, says a new study based on global climate change models that informed the fifth assessment report of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…
BADSWAT, Pakistan, Aug 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When a glacial lake burst in Pakistan’s northern Gilgit-Baltistan province in July, Sher Baz watched helplessly as the waters swept away his…
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in Pakistan reports that parts of Ghizer district in the state of Gilgit-Baltistan in the north of the country were flooded after debris flow blocked…
Severe weather, including dust storms and further heavy rainfall, has affected parts of Punjab Province in Pakistan over the last few days. At least 6 people died after flooding in…
Torrential monsoon rain caused major flooding in Lahore and parts of Punjab Province in Pakistan on 03 July. Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said that 6 people have lost…
When major floods hit Pakistan-controlled Kashmir in 2016, Jawad Hussain, a worker at the local government disaster agency, had to wait hours to receive updates on what kind of help…
An unusual glacier in the remote north of Pakistan has blocked a river – and threatens flooding as it melts. ISLAMABAD, March 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Climate change is…
A new plan aims to take a hard look at two big problems: Uncollected trash clogging sewers and construction on drainage systems. KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) –…
