Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1228 EAT on Monday 27 July 2026

Heavy rains and flooding in Pakistan have killed at least 107 people, injured 344 others and damaged hundreds of homes since the start of the monsoon season in June, authorities have said, warning that more heavy downpours are expected later this week.

Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) told local media on Sunday that the death toll from rain-related incidents since late June had risen to 107, with dozens of others injured as floods continue to affect several parts of the country.

Authorities have warned residents in vulnerable areas to remain alert as further rainfall is forecast, raising fears of more flooding and damage.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recorded the highest number of deaths, with 55 fatalities, followed by Punjab with 36, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

The agency said more than half of the deaths were caused by the collapse of houses or roofs as heavy rains and flooding continued to affect several parts of the country.

In Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab and Pakistan’s second-largest city, authorities have established at least 17 flood relief camps to accommodate residents evacuated from affected areas, according to Dawn newspaper.

A senior official from the Punjab Irrigation Department, who spoke to Dawn on Saturday, described the situation as “very alarming”, saying a vast area of about 400 square kilometres (154 square miles) across the Lahore and Gujranwala divisions had been submerged.

“The current situation resembles an inland sea because of the vast expanse of floodwater,” the official said.

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif said on X that emergency response teams had been deployed across the province and were working to drain floodwaters and provide assistance to affected communities.

The Pakistan Meteorological Department said on Sunday that no “flood-generating activity” was expected until Tuesday.

However, it warned that a new spell of rainfall was likely to begin from Wednesday in the upper catchment areas of major rivers in Islamabad, upper Punjab, Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan.

The Pakistan Meteorological Department said Punjab’s Ravi River was currently flowing at a “medium flood level”, while most major rivers across the country remained at normal or low flood levels.

Al Jazeera correspondent Kamal Hyder, reporting from Punjab, said authorities were advising residents to stay away from low-lying areas as the risk of further flooding remained.

“So far, the monsoon has brought intense rainfall. Cloudbursts have delivered hundreds of millimetres of rain within a short period, flooding the provincial capital, Lahore, and other major cities in Punjab,” Hyder said. “All eyes are now on the rivers.”
Pakistan’s poorly planned urban expansion, driven partly by rapid rural-to-urban migration, has resulted in the growth of sprawling informal settlements that are highly vulnerable to flooding.

In 2025, severe floods in Pakistan killed 1,037 people, displaced about two million others, killed millions of livestock and caused extensive damage to crops and infrastructure.

Hyder warned that the current situation could worsen as the monsoon season is only halfway through and is expected to continue until September.

-Aljazeera

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