Floods leave 30 dead in Pak’s Punjab province

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Lahore, Updated At : 02:03 AM Aug 31, 2025 IST

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At least 30 people died in the last 24 hours as a “historic flood” caused massive devastation in Pakistan’s Punjab province, prompting the authorities to deploy explosives and breach embankments to protect cities from floods.

Torrential rains since Saturday morning in major cities of Punjab province added to the misery of the people, especially the flood-affected ones, and the situation is likely to worsen as there is a forecast for heavy downpours till September 2. Pakistan's most populous province, Punjab has been reeling under severe floods for almost a week and at least 1,700 villages across the province, including the Sikh sacred site of Kartarpur, are inundated.

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