Published on, Aug. 26 -- August 26, 2025 1:23 AM

Constant rains and raging floods in northern Pakistan have already destroyed a large chunk of infrastructure and agricultural lands, including hundreds of houses, roads, and bridges, and washed away livestock.

The battered people are now facing an even worse ordeal, the outbreak of waterborne and other diseases, in addition to psychological trauma.

The expected outbreak has prompted the government health authorities and non-governmental relief organizations to set up makeshift clinics and medical camps, mainly across northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, to cope with the massive outbreaks of several waterborne and skin diseases.

Rains and flood-related accidents have already killed ...