Houses broken in flash flood, on the Pir Baba neighbourhood, an space of Buner district, in Pakistan’s northwest on August 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP
Heavy rains that began on Friday (August 15, 2025) have claimed lives and unfold destruction in a number of northern districts, with most individuals killed in flash floods, based on the National Disaster Management Authority.
In hilly areas, the rains brought on flash floods in addition to mud and rock slides that washed away homes, buildings, autos and belongings.
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Buner district was the worst hit, with over 200 deaths.
Heavy rain within the flood-hit areas, together with Buner, pressured rescue groups to halt reduction efforts for a number of hours on Monday (August 18, 2025), a regional authorities officer, Abid Wazir, advised Reuters.
“Our priority is now to clear the roads, set up bridges and bring relief to the affected people,” he stated.
Relief items have been despatched to the affected areas, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar advised native Geo News tv.
Food, medication, blankets, camps, an electrical generator and de-watering pumps are included within the reduction items, the catastrophe administration authority stated in a press release.
Buner, a three-and-a-half-hour drive from the capital Islamabad, was hit by a cloudburst, a uncommon phenomenon through which greater than 100 mm of rain falls inside an hour in a small space, officers stated.
In Buner, there was greater than 150 mm of rain inside an hour on Friday (August 15, 2025) morning, they stated.
More heavy rain was anticipated throughout Pakistan till early September, officers stated.
“The current weather system is active over the Pakistan region and may cause heavy to very heavy rainfall during the next 24 hours,” the catastrophe administration authority stated on Sunday (August 17, 2025).
Torrential rains and flooding this monsoon season have killed 657 folks throughout Pakistan since late June, it stated.
Published – August 18, 2025 01:04 pm IST
