Overview
- The National Disaster Management Authority and the Pakistan Meteorological Department have issued high‑alert warnings for Gilgit‑Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through the first week of July because rising temperatures are accelerating glacier melt.
- The cloudburst that struck Thor Valley in Diamer on Saturday washed away homes, orchards, bridges and vehicles and has left communities cut off while emergency teams work to restore roads and deliver relief.
- NDMA has ordered provincial and district agencies to place rescue services on round‑the‑clock alert, pre‑position heavy machinery for road clearance, run evacuation drills and stock shelters for at‑risk communities.
- Officials warned that intermittent pre‑monsoon rains forecast through July 3 could compound melting, raising the chance of glacial lake outburst floods, flash floods, landslides and rockfalls that may temporarily close the Karakoram Highway and Jaglot–Skardu Road.
- Authorities urged residents and visitors to avoid riverbanks, streams and glacial lakes and to report sudden rises in water level, unusual water colour or strange glacier noises while controlled breaching of vulnerable lakes is being considered as a last‑resort mitigation step.