Arch-rivals India and Pakistan have been ravaged by intense monsoon rains and flooding in recent weeks. The release of excess water from India's dams threatens to further flood parts of Pakistan's Punjab province, which serves as the country's breadbasket and is home to half of its 240 million people.

New Delhi — Intense rains have lashed parts of Pakistan and India and triggered flash floods and landslides in Indian-controlled Kashmir’s Jammu region, leaving at least 34 people dead, officials said Wednesday.

India has warned Pakistan to expect potential flooding after it opened the gates of major dams on rivers in its part of Kashmir amid severe flooding across the region. At least 33 people have died in flash floods in India-administered Jammu and Kashmir due to unusually heavy monsoon rains,