ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s monsoon death toll has climbed to 97 after 11 more people died in rain-related incidents over the past 24 hours, disaster management officials said on Saturday, as forecasters warned that widespread rain and pockets of heavy downpours would persist across much of the country for at least another two days.
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Pakistan monsoon death toll rises to 86 as fresh flooding warning issued for weekend
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s monsoon death toll has climbed to 86 after five more people were killed in rain-related incidents over the past 24 hours, disaster management officials said on Friday, as forecasters warned that a fresh spell of heavy rain could bring urban flooding and flash floods to large parts of the country over the coming days.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s disaster management authority has issued a high alert for flash floods, urban flooding and landslides across large swathes of the country, after monsoon rains killed at least a dozen more people in the northwest over a single 24-hour period, pushing the nationwide death toll for the season past 50.