Heavy rainfall floods Mumbai, submerging major roads, halting traffic. Vehicles remain stranded in hours-long jams.
Authorities declare school closures, urge residents to stay indoors. Weather department issues red alert, predicting intense rain until August 19.
Across border, Pakistan battles severe monsoon floods. National Disaster Management Authority reports over 650 deaths since June 26, with 920 injured. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa sees highest fatalities.
Mountainous Boner district faces dire conditions, rescue teams search for missing. Floods destroy homes, bridges, turn Peshawar streets into rivers. Punjab regions like Multan, Jhang, Khosab grapple with inundation.
Sindh, Balochistan, Azad Kashmir report casualties. Dams face extreme pressure, prompting evacuations from high-risk zones.
“Dozens of bodies are still buried under the mud and rocks, which can only be recovered with heavy machinery,” Nisar Ahmad, 31, a volunteer in the worst-hit Buner district told AFP.
“However the makeshift tracks built to access the area have once again been destroyed by the new rains.”
“Even if it rains a little now, we feel scared because there was light rain that day. And then the unsuspecting people were swept away by the storm,” Buner resident Ghulam Hussain, 35, told AFP.
Volunteer Ahmad said there were also fears for the future due to a lack of food supplies and clean water.
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“Many livestock have also perished in the cloudburst, and their decomposing bodies are spreading a foul odour in several places. Right now, our most urgent need is clean drinking water, and I appeal to the government to provide it,” he told AFP.
