LAHORE: Torrential monsoon rains lashed many cities and towns across Pakistan before dawn Tuesday, flooding streets and killing six people, as authorities struggled to restore normalcy in rain-affected areas.
The fatalities all occurred in the eastern city of Lahore, where residential areas were flooded, Pakistan’s National Disaster Management said.
The downpour — among the heaviest rains in recent decades — paralyzed life in the city and also exposed flaws in its sewer system, which flooded some of the streets in residential areas.
TV forage showed submerged roads and people wading through water.
According to the Meteorological Department, more heavy rains are expected this month.
Every year, many cities and towns in Pakistan struggle to cope with the annual monsoon deluge, drawing criticism about poor planning. Pakistan’s monsoon season runs from July through September.
Rains also swell rivers during the monsoon season, causing floods that kill people and damage crops and infrastructure.
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Heavy monsoon rains lash Pakistan, killing 6 in Lahore city
Heavy monsoon rains lash Pakistan, killing 6 in Lahore city
- The deaths from Tuesday’s rain exposed flaws in the sewer system, which flooded some of the city’s streets
- More heavy rains are expected this month, warns Meteorological Department
Trump row over Greenland derails Ukraine postwar deal, FT reports
- Planned announcement of an $800 billion prosperity plan for Ukraine this week has been delayed
European opposition to US President Donald Trump’s bid to acquire Greenland and his proposed “Board of Peace” initiative has disrupted plans for an economic support package for postwar Ukraine, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
A planned announcement of an $800 billion prosperity plan to be agreed between Ukraine, Europe and the US at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week has been delayed, the report said, citing six officials.
Reuters could not immediately verify the report. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“Nobody is in any mood to stage a grand spectacle around an agreement with Trump right now,” one official told the FT, adding that disputes over Greenland and the Board of Peace had overtaken an earlier focus on Ukraine at the Davos meeting.
Tensions over Greenland disrupted negotiations on the prosperity plan text this week, the FT report said, adding that the US did not send a representative to a key meeting on Monday evening.
The “prosperity plan” was not being shelved indefinitely and could still be signed at a later date, the newspaper added.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that he would travel to Davos only if documents on security guarantees with the United States and a prosperity plan were ready to be signed there.
A planned announcement of an $800 billion prosperity plan to be agreed between Ukraine, Europe and the US at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week has been delayed, the report said, citing six officials.
Reuters could not immediately verify the report. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“Nobody is in any mood to stage a grand spectacle around an agreement with Trump right now,” one official told the FT, adding that disputes over Greenland and the Board of Peace had overtaken an earlier focus on Ukraine at the Davos meeting.
Tensions over Greenland disrupted negotiations on the prosperity plan text this week, the FT report said, adding that the US did not send a representative to a key meeting on Monday evening.
The “prosperity plan” was not being shelved indefinitely and could still be signed at a later date, the newspaper added.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that he would travel to Davos only if documents on security guarantees with the United States and a prosperity plan were ready to be signed there.
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