
A vast area of Punjab, covering nearly 400 square kilometres, has come under water following torrential rains and overflowing drains, with the Ravi and Chenab rivers expected to reach medium to high flood levels.
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A vast area of Punjab, covering nearly 400 square kilometres, has come under water following torrential rains and overflowing drains, with the Ravi and Chenab rivers expected to reach medium to high flood levels.
Every monsoon, the same sentence appears across Pakistani media: the Chenab is at medium flood level, the Ravi at low. Millions of people read it, and very few know what it means — whether it is a reason to move…

The Chenab continued flooding on Sunday, though flow eased from medium to low, as Pakistan's Met Office forecast a fresh rainfall spell from July 29 across the upper catchments of major rivers, including Islamabad.
Heavy monsoon rain has left at least 37 people dead across KP, Punjab, GB and AJK, with flash floods, landslides and swelling rivers damaging homes, roads and crops.
BBC punditry trio Wayne Rooney, Micah Richards and Joe Hart took to a boat on New York's Hudson River to fulfil a forfeit, after Rooney's errant prediction about Norway at the World Cup.

A new NASA Earth Observatory image brings the Olympic Mountains of northwestern Washington into sharp relief, showing snow-capped peaks cut by deep river valleys. The view underscores how dramatically the region’s…

A Court of Arbitration has ruled that the Indus Waters Treaty remains legally binding and imposed temporary limits on construction at India's Ratle project.

The National Disaster Management Authority has issued a flood alert for several parts of Pakistan, warning that heavy rain over the next two days could raise river levels, trigger flash flooding and create urban…

At least 22 mouzas, or revenue estates, in Multan district have been partially submerged under three to four feet of floodwater from the River Chenab, forcing thousands of residents to move their families and livestock…
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Wayne Rooney rows on New York's Hudson River with Joe Hart and Micah Richards after Norway's World Cup run activates his on-air wager.

NASA's Landsat 8 satellite has captured before-and-after imagery of Castle Valley, Utah, showing the dramatic transformation of a former coal-mining region into the site of the Green River Energy Center, a solar and…

Pakistan’s conditions for water storage improved further on Sunday as Tarbela Dam reached its maximum storage level, marking a significant rise in reservoir capacity during the current high-flow period, according to the…
KOEN has told PM Shehbaz Sharif it feels blocked after years of work on two Swat River hydropower projects worth about $1 billion.
Pakistan's monsoon planning has returned to the center of national policy as the government pushes flood preparedness, evacuation readiness and longer-term climate resilience after another season of destructive rains…

Nepal's catastrophic flood has intensified scrutiny of damaged sensors, cross-border data sharing and the minutes available to warn communities downstream.

At least 804 people have died and more than 3,000 remain missing after a catastrophic flood swept through Nepal and Tibet, officials reported Sunday.

Flash floods triggered by cloudbursts and rapid glacial melting caused widespread damage across Gilgit-Baltistan on Tuesday, disrupting transport, damaging homes and cutting off road links in several areas, according to…
With record-breaking heat and rainfall shortages leaving three-quarters of England in drought, water companies have introduced widespread hosepipe bans affecting approximately 30 million residents across the UK

Conservationists and regulators are ramping up efforts to control the spread of giant hogweed, a highly toxic invasive species that causes severe, painful skin blistering upon exposure to sunlight
Rain-triggered deaths in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa climbed to 20 as the province continued to face the impact of the ongoing monsoon spell and flash floods, according to reports monitored from a public news feed based on Dawn…
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif warns India at UNGA that diverting water would be treated as an act of war, emphasizing the importance of the Indus Waters Treaty

Typhoon Dujuan brings extreme rain and dangerous winds to eastern Japan as evacuation orders cover about 1.9 million people in six prefectures.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called for an SCO that delivers practical results on security, technology, water, disaster response and regional cooperation.