floods

Rescue workers search flood-ravaged parts of Germany and Belgium for survivors

Entire communities lay in ruins after swollen rivers swept through towns and villages

Administration cancels leaves of staff of all relevant departments to deal with the threat

Strong winds damage hoardings, walls, electric poles

Mock exercise launched to test readiness of departments concerned

Managing twin disasters in a highly-polarised polity

Hundreds of people were evacuated overnight, many more face the risk of abandoning their homes

Roads blocked due to landslides; transmission, telecom lines broken

With drenching rain expected to continue for the next few days

Forcing thousands to evacuate and damaging hundreds of houses

Floodwaters reached up to 1.8 meters high in some areas, no casualties reported

Dubbed the “Himalayan tsunami” by the media due to the torrents of water unleashed in the mountainous area

PTI leaders slams Sindh govt over 'failure to provide rain relief'

Shuts more than a quarter of US Gulf of Mexico offshore oil and gas production

Rainwater contaminating hand pumps, water tanks has created acute drinking water scarcity

Premier assures of full support for completion of development projects

Lack of toilets in Umerkot's tent city leaves displaced women in jeopardy

PPP chief urges Centre not forsake rural Sindh

Murtaza Wahab says PPP govt carrying out relief work

Floods are acts of nature, but flood losses are largely acts of man

Many districts in Sindh are devastated by floods

High-level flood passes through Guddu Barrage; CM calls attention to rural Sindh

The area includes the famous Meroe pyramids, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Mahmood Khan says govt will soon announce a relief package for people affected by recent floods

Indus River likely to attain high flood levels at Guddu on Tuesday

At least 25 women and 37 children among the injured

PDMA says at least another 30 people were killed in K-P

Nullah Leh in full flow; 90 rescued in Chakwal

Emergency service on high alert

Sindh closes five canals over fear of breaches; two trains from Lahore cancelled as more downpour forecast

Water flow in Chenab River at Chiniot was 264,000 cusec

Around 104 tents, 230 ration bags and 53 kitchen kits distributed

Death toll likely to rise as eastern Parwan province faces latest spell of torrential rains

Three days on, water still standing in flooded areas of Surjani Town

Dera Bugti mountain ranges and the floodwaters of the Mulla River have wreaked havoc in other areas

Cars and buses were submerged as torrential rains added to traffic woes in the city of 20 million

Several tombs have been damaged because of heavy rains and floods

47,000 people infected with water borne-disease; flood situation improves

Disputes between tiers of govt hamstring the provision of services in Karachi

Body of 70-year-old Mosa Kaloe, famous for his long moustache, was found on Tuesday

Announces plan to compensate for losses of flood victims

Monsoon rains in Balochistan continue to trigger floods in several districts

Villagers complain that irrigation officials ignored their warnings of canal breaches

The landslide, caused by heavy rain, hit the plantation in Idduki district in the early hours of Friday

11 were missing, while 1,600 people had been displaced from their homes, authorities say

Tarbela and Mangla reservoirs are close to their maximum conservation level of 1,242 feet

Now let’s look at disaster management

Health Minister says, when we learned that a person was willing to donate, people went to his house by boat

113 wild animals, including 11 one-horned rhinos, died at Kaziranga Park, officials say

At least 111 people have died in flood-hit areas since end of June