floods

News Desk  Islamabad: A high alert has been issued across the upper districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa amid growing concerns over potential glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), as weather conditions raise the risk of sudden disasters in…

News Desk  Islamabad: A powerful weather system is set to sweep across Pakistan over the next 24 hours, raising concerns of flash floods, travel disruptions, and damage to infrastructure in multiple regions. The National Disaster…

News Desk  Islamabad: Authorities have issued a weather alert across parts of Pakistan as heavy rains, strong winds, and snowfall are expected to trigger flash floods and landslides in the coming days. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the…

News Desk  Islamabad: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued a warning to the public as northern Pakistan braces for rain and snowfall through March 16, heightening risks of landslides, glacial lake outburst floods…

Fakhar e Alam Peshawar: As the first golden rays of dawn stretch across the fertile fields of tehsil Razar in Swabi, 40-year-old farmer Naseer Khan begins his day earlier than most, baskets in hand, plucking strawberries that will soon…

News Desk  Islamabad: A new United Nations assessment has warned that 7.5 million people in Pakistan are facing acute food insecurity and malnutrition following a year marked by devastating monsoon floods, prolonged drought and…

Fakhar e Alam Peshawar: By the time spring arrives in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it brings more than blossoms. For 35-year-old Tariq Qadar, it brings opportunity. Standing beside a truck piled high with saplings at Tarnab,  a major plant…

AFP/APP Paris, France: Climate change is turbocharging heatwaves, wildfires, floods and tropical storms, but how deadly have extreme weather events become for people in their path? Annual climate reports released last week show the…

Basit Ali/Mehnaz Bibi Lahore: Climate change is a harsh reality that is transforming our planet; it is no longer a distant threat. The warning signs are everywhere—floods are becoming fiercer due to heatwaves, rapidly melting glaciers,…

News Desk  Lahore: Punjab Health Minister and Chairman of the Cabinet Committee for Disaster Management Khawaja Salman Rafique on Thursday said that all necessary arrangements have been completed to deal with the expected snowfall in…