https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/f4ca4a22-49c4-43a4-ab25-c411b0b4bc83 Thousands of peoples’ lives have been devastated by flash floods in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir over the last five days. Since June, at least 700 people have been killed across the country. The floods have swept away entire villages, leaving people trapped under rubble or without homes in the areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir in the mountainous north of the country. Many roads have been damaged, making it hard for people to escape or seek refuge elsewhere. At least 100 people are said to be missing. Families were left to grieve loved ones and destroyed homes, after the flash floods appeared and disappeared in a matter of hours. The monsoon season typically arrives in Pakistan between June and September. Heavy rain began falling on Tuesday in Pakistan’s south, including the country’s largest city of Karachi. Home to at least 20 million and the country’s main commercial hub, Karachi came grinding to a halt as roads flooded. Multiple neighbourhoods were hit with power cuts and traffic was gridlocked for hours at end. Chief meteorologist of the Sindh province, Amir Hyder Laghari, told AFP that he was worried large urban cities such as Karachi would not be able to cope with the heavy rain “due to weak infrastructure” such as crumbling pipes and old sewer systems. The storms show no sign of abating, with authorities warning flash floods are expected to continue until the weekend, and to the end of the month. ✍️: MEE/Syma Mohammed Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:10:51 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/f4ca4a22-49c4-43a4-ab25-c411b0b4bc83 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.