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Flash floods: August 2025 saw catastrophic flash floods batter Northern India and Pakistan, as relentless monsoon rains triggered landslides, swept away entire villages, and left hundreds dead. Both countries grappled with overwhelmed rescue teams, damaged infrastructure, and the ever-growing dangers of a changing climate. The flooding was triggered by sudden, intense downpours over small areas led to widespread destruction and loss of human lives. With rescue operations currently underway on both sides, cumulatively over 280 have been reported dead across borders, with hundreds registered as ‘missing’.(Photo Source: Associated Press)
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Unseasonal, heavy rains caused rivers to burst their banks, flooding homes and fields overnight. The majority of the deaths were reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, where intense rainfall led to flash floods across multiple districts. (Photo Source: Associated Press)
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Indian armed forces plan a rescue operation with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) after a flash flood triggered by a cloudburst at Chisoti village, in Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo Source: PTI)
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People at the disaster-hit Chisoti village in India gather on streets accounting their loss in the aftermath of the flash flood triggered by a cloudburst, in Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. Photo Source: PTI)
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Villagers collect wood and other useful items from the debris of damaged houses at the incident site of a cloudburst that triggered a flash flood, in Naryan Behak village near Muzaffarabad in Pakistan. (Photo Source: Associated Press)
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Residents walk next to damaged cars stuck to an electric pole following flash flooding due to heavy rains in a neighbourhood of Mingora, the main town of Swat Valley, northwestern Pakistan. (Photo Source: Associated Press)
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Helicopters, boats, and emergency teams braved fierce conditions and dangerous currents to reach those stranded. A rescue helicopter carrying relief items crashed due to extreme weather conditions today in Pakistan, killing 5 crew members in the process. (Photo Source: Associated Press)
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The flooding also caused considerable damage to infrastructure, destroying numerous buildings and disrupting transportation by blocking major roads, including the Karakoram Highway and Baltistan Highway in Gilgit-Baltistan, located in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). (Photo Source: Associated Press)
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