Monsoon deaths cross 100 as more rain likely in Pakistan from July 29
- Last updated: July 26, 2026 | 22:27
As monsoon showers continued to hit parts of the country, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Sunday reported seven more casualties in Punjab and three in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), taking the countrywide death toll since June 26 to above 100.
According to an NDMA daily situation report covering 24 hours up till 1pm, Punjab’s Gujrat and Okara districts recorded two deaths each, while one casualty each was reported from Sargodha, Narowal and Sialkot.
In KP, Hangu registered two deaths and Shangla one. The NDMA specified that the causes behind the casualties were house collapses, electrocutions and drowning.
Moreover, at least 47 people were injured in various districts across Punjab, while three individuals were hurt in KP’s Hangu in the 24-hour period.
The country has recorded 107 deaths in total during the monsoon rains since June 26, the NDMA data showed.
KP recorded the highest number of casualties with 55 deaths, followed by 36 in Punjab, seven in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), six in Balochistan, two in Sindh and one in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB).
Separately, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) forecast that a fresh wet spell was likely to commence from July 29 in the upper catchments of all major rivers, as well as Islamabad, upper Punjab, AJK, KP and GB. However, “no flood-generating” rainfall activity was expected till July 28 (Tuesday).
Meanwhile, for up to Monday noon, the PMD predicted “scattered” rain-wind/thunderstorms over the upper catchment of all major rivers, along with Islamabad, AJK and GB.
Punjab’s PDMA also cautioned of the risk of flooding in rivers and canals in low-lying areas due to rain, as well as landslides in mountainous areas such as Murree. Heavy rain may also damage mud-brick houses, it added.
Houses were damaged and livestock were killed due to heavy rains, according to the Punjab’s Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) statement. These fatalities were caused due to drowning, structural collapses while injuries were reported due to roof collapses and electrocution, Pakistan-based daily Dawn reported.
As many as three people, including a man, a woman and a child, were killed, while five others injured in four separate roof-collapse incidents in Lahore’s Garhi Shahu Railway Colony, Bobby Plaza, Saggian Pind and Kahna.
Two people, including a man and a child, were killed and three others, including a woman and two children, were injured after the roof of a house collapsed near Adda Dhing Shah in Kasur district of Punjab.
A woman died after a roof of a house collapsed due to heavy rain in Faisalabad while a child drowned in rainwater that had accumulated in fields near Pathan Colony in Gujranwala.
A total of three people were injured after the roof of a house collapsed, while another man sustained injuries after being electrocuted by an electric pole during the rain in Bahawalnagar.
As many as two women were injured in a roof-collapse incident in Sair Bajwa village in Narowal, while a woman was injured as the roof of the house collapsed in Darma Wala neighbourhood of Sialkot.
A total of three women were injured in two separate roof-collapse incidents at Dera Mehboob Alam and near Peer Shah Khaki Diwan Darbar in Nankana Sahib and Sheikhupura. Two men were injured after an animal shed collapsed in Okara due to heavy rains, Dawn reported.
While addressing a press conference, PDMA Director General said 22 people were killed while 183 others injured in rain-related incidents so far in Punjab.
On Wednesday, the PDMA said that at least 20 people died, and 19 others were injured in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since July 19 after heavy rains and flash floods caused roof and wall collapses and swept people away in floodwaters, Pakistan-based daily The Express Tribune reported. The deceased included eight children, seven men and three women, while the injured include 11 men, four women and four children, according to the PDMA.
The authority said the rein-related incidents were reported in Buner, Bajaur, Shangla, Swabi, Lower Chitral, Upper and Lower Dir, Peshawar, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Tor Ghar, Kurram, and North and South Waziristan. The PDMA said 30 houses were damaged due to heavy rains and flash floods.
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