Lahore, Sept. 6 -- Pakistan's Punjab province is bracing for severe flooding, with the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) issuing a flood alert for the Sutlej and Chenab rivers, as well as hill torrents, ARY News reported.

Director General Irfan Ali warned that a severe flood is expected to occur at the Panjnad point within the next 24 hours, emphasising that the situation remains critical at Ganda Singh Wala on the Sutlej River, where extremely high flood levels persist.

The DG also warned of the possibility of flash flooding in the hill torrents of Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur from September 7 to 9.

Further, PDM issued alerts to the Departments of Agriculture, Irrigation, Health, Forestry, Livestock, and Transport to rem...