Pakistan braces for more rainfall days after deadly floods

People removing a wrecked van after monsoon rains in Pakistan on July 21. The monsoon season brings South Asia up to 80 per cent of its annual rainfall. - Photo: AFP

ISLAMABAD: Torrential rains that have lashed Pakistan since June, claiming more than 200 lives, are set to continue in the coming days, according to the country’s weather agency. 

Swathes of Punjab province have seen above-normal precipitation in the past two weeks, with many places getting 150 millimeters (6 inches) above historical averages in that period, according to the US Climate Prediction Center.