{"id":4674,"date":"2025-06-30T16:26:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T11:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=4674"},"modified":"2025-06-30T18:47:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T13:47:49","slug":"18-dead-as-punjab-faces-monsoon-fury-and-urban-flooding-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/30\/18-dead-as-punjab-faces-monsoon-fury-and-urban-flooding-threat","title":{"rendered":"18 Dead as Punjab Faces Monsoon Fury and Urban Flooding Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The first spell of monsoon rains in Punjab has turned deadly, claiming 18 lives, including 11 children, as authorities brace for potential urban flooding in key cities.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On directives from Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) released a detailed Monsoon Alert Fact Sheet highlighting rainfall data, casualties, and current river conditions.<\/p>\n

Widespread Rains and Fatalities Reported<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>last\u00a0<\/span>24\u00a0<\/span>hours,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rain\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fell\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>districts,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0 Lahore,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Murree,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sheikhupura,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gujarat, Hafizabad,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sialkot,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>D\u00a0<\/span>G\u00a0<\/span>Khan.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Most deaths occurred due to the collapse of weak housing structures.<\/p>\n

The downpour has also wounded 57 people and destroyed 27 dwellings.<\/p>\n

Flooding Risk Persists as Preparations Underway<\/strong><\/p>\n

PDMA Director General Irfan Ali Kathia confirmed that while all rivers and barrages currently show normal flow, cities like Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, and Sialkot remain vulnerable to urban flooding.<\/p>\n

He assured that emergency arrangements have been finalized and that financial assistance will be provided to the affected families as per government policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The first spell of monsoon rains in Punjab has turned deadly, claiming 18 lives, including 11 children, as authorities brace for potential urban flooding in key cities. On directives from Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) released a detailed Monsoon Alert Fact Sheet highlighting rainfall data, casualties, and current …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2275,390,2276],"class_list":["post-4674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","tag-floodalert","tag-monsoon","tag-punjabrain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4674"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4719,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4674\/revisions\/4719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}