Pakistan on high alert as new monsoon deluge threatens nationwide floods, landslides

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is on high alert as a fresh wave of monsoon rains, forecast to bring torrential downpours and thunderstorms until August 21, threatens widespread flooding and landslides, with authorities bracing for a repeat of the devastation that claimed over 350 lives in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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UPDATE-Deadly monsoon wreaks havoc in KP, 307 killed, villages wiped out

PESHAWAR: Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed 307 people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said Saturday, as rescuers struggled to reach isolated communities in the hardest-hit areas.PESHAWAR: Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed 307 people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said Saturday, as rescuers struggled to reach isolated communities in the hardest-hit areas.

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Five killed in militant attacks across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

PESHAWAR: Five people, including two paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) personnel and two Excise Department officials, were killed in separate militant attacks in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, while three militants were gunned down in an intelligence-based operation, Dawn newspaper reported on Saturday.

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