Pakistan Floods Kill 5 as Evacuation Boat Capsizes, Displacing Over 2 Million

At least five people died and more than a dozen were rescued after a boat carrying evacuees capsized due to strong currents in flood-affected southern Punjab, Pakistan. Flooding from the Ravi, Sutlej, and Chenab rivers has devastated over 4,100 villages, forcing over two million people to flee their homes and prompting the evacuation of around 900,000 people and 1.5 million animals. Authorities have established hundreds of relief camps, medical facilities, and veterinary centers to support affected populations and livestock. Nearly 900 people have died in Pakistan's monsoon floods since June, with this year’s rains worsened by global warming, causing flash floods and landslides across the country. The situation remains critical as authorities warn of additional heavy rains and exceptionally high flood levels, particularly in the Sutlej and Chenab rivers, while emergency teams remain on high alert. The agricultural sector in Punjab, Pakistan’s main wheat producer, has been severely impacted, with vast areas of standing crops and mango orchards submerged.