Pakistan has begun evacuating over 100,000 people from Punjab’s border areas after India released water from overflowing dams, marking the first direct contact between the two countries since May’s brief conflict.

Authorities warned further rainfall in India could raise river levels, increasing flood risks. This comes amid Pakistan’s deadly monsoon season, which has claimed at least 800 lives since June, and recent cloudburst floods in the northwest that killed over 300, highlighting the country’s vulnerability to climate change, according to Al Jazeera.