{"id":1108,"date":"2025-12-06T15:39:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T15:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=1108"},"modified":"2025-12-06T15:39:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T15:39:30","slug":"flash-flooding-landslides-in-pakistan-leave-hundreds-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=1108","title":{"rendered":"Flash flooding, landslides in Pakistan leave hundreds dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>From Wikinews, the free news source you can write!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\">\n<div class=\"mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><strong class=\"published\"><span id=\"publishDate\" class=\"value-title\" title=\"2025-08-20\"\/>Wednesday, August 20, 2025<\/strong><br \/>\n<span class=\"Z3988\" style=\"display:none\" title=\"ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rfr_id=rfr_id=info:sid\/en.wikinews.org:User%3ADendodge&amp;rft_id=info:sid\/en.wikinews.org:Flash_flooding,_landslides_in_Pakistan_leave_hundreds_dead&amp;rft.atitle=Flash+flooding%2C+landslides+in+Pakistan+leave+hundreds+dead&amp;rft.jtitle=Wikinews&amp;rft.date=2025-08-20&amp;rft.aucorp=Wikinews+contributors&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.rights=CC-BY+2.5&amp;rft.identifier=%2F%2Fen.wikinews.org%2Fwiki%2FFlash_flooding%2C_landslides_in_Pakistan_leave_hundreds_dead&amp;rft.artnum=-\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"infobox noprint desktop-only\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; float: right; width: 200px; background: #edf7ff; border: solid #666666 1px; padding: 0px; font-size: x-small; clear:right;\">\n<p>Related articles<\/p>\n<p>Location of Pakistan<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 2px;\">\n<figure class=\"mw-halign-center\" typeof=\"mw:File\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikinews.org\/wiki\/File:Pakistan_(orthographic_projection).svg\" class=\"mw-file-description\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b6\/Pakistan_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg\/250px-Pakistan_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" class=\"mw-file-element\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b6\/Pakistan_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg\/330px-Pakistan_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 1.5x, https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/b6\/Pakistan_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg\/500px-Pakistan_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 2x\" data-file-width=\"541\" data-file-height=\"541\"\/><\/a><figcaption\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Collaborate!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mw-halign-center mw-image-border\" typeof=\"mw:File\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikinews.org\/wiki\/Category:Pakistan\" title=\"Pakistan\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Pakistan\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/32\/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg\/60px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"60\" height=\"40\" class=\"mw-file-element\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/3\/32\/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg\/120px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x\" data-file-width=\"900\" data-file-height=\"600\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Pakistan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Last Friday, <span class=\"interwiki-link-local\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikinews.org\/wiki\/Flash_flooding\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Flash flooding\">flash flooding<\/a><\/span> caused by unusually heavy <span class=\"interwiki-link-foreign\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/monsoon\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:monsoon\">monsoon<\/a><\/span> rains has devastated northwest <span class=\"interwiki-link-local\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikinews.org\/wiki\/Pakistan\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Pakistan\">Pakistan<\/a><\/span>, killing more than 300 people over just a couple of days. The floods have primarily impacted the <span class=\"interwiki-link-foreign\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/mountains\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:mountains\">mountains<\/a><\/span> of <span class=\"interwiki-link-local\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikinews.org\/wiki\/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa<\/a><\/span> province and surrounding regions, where massive flash floods and <span class=\"interwiki-link-foreign\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/landslides\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:landslides\">landslides<\/a><\/span> swept away dozens of homes, roads, and <span class=\"interwiki-link-foreign\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/infrastructure\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:infrastructure\">infrastructure<\/a><\/span>.\n<\/p>\n<p>Survivors described the floods as sudden and catastrophic, likening the ground shaking to an <span class=\"interwiki-link-local\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikinews.org\/wiki\/Earthquake\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Earthquake\">earthquake<\/a><\/span> or &#8220;doomsday.&#8221; The scale of destruction was unprecedented, with dozens of villages damaged or flattened and major disruptions to daily life and emergency response efforts.\n<\/p>\n<p>The recent flash floods in Pakistan amid heavy monsoon rains have caused one of the deadliest natural disasters in the region this season, with hundreds dead, many missing, extensive destruction, and ongoing rescue operations amid worsening weather conditions. 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