Punjab Floods: Videos Capture Flooded Houses, Drowned Fields - Relief Helpers Work On Evacuation The floods in Punjab have revived painful memories of 1988. Back then, the powerful Sutlej, Beas, and Ravi rivers became devastating forces and took more than 500 lives. This has sparked fears of a similar disaster happening again. The destruction across at least twelve districts along these rivers, including Gurdaspur, Pathankot, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Fazilka, Jalandhar, and Rupnagar (Ropar), is severe. Many people are finding it difficult to rebuild their lives. Experts believe that climate change, which has caused unpredictable and uneven rainfall, is another human factor that has made the flood situation worse in both India and Pakistan in recent years....