Pakistan, July 21 -- The United Nations has highlighted the damages caused by monsoon rains in Pakistan that led authorities to declare disaster zones across parts of Punjab where lethal cloudbursts and flash floods killed dozens in a single day.

In a report published on its website, the UN said the unfolding crisis - rising rivers, forecasts of further downpours, fragile rural homes collapsing and transport links severed - has revived stark memories of the catastrophic 2022 floods that submerged a third of the country and affected more than 33 million people.

With the skies preparing to open for another round of torrential monsoon rains, the Punjab Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Saturday issued a flood pre-alert across the pro...