Landslide threat looms over Northern areas: NDMA (opens in new tab)

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Saturday issued a landslide alert for June 27 to July 3, warning that forecast intermittent rainfall combined with rapidly melting glaciers could trigger landslides, rockfalls and debris flows across Gilgit-Baltistan, Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The National Emergencies Operation Centre (NEOC) issued the advisory to enable timely preparedness by authorities and minimise risks to residents, tourists and tr...