Pakistan's Karakoram Highway (KKH), the high-altitude road linking the mountainous Gilgit-Baltistan region to the rest of the country, was reopened to light traffic on Sunday after a landslide near the Lachi area in Kohistan blocked the route for close to 20 hours, leaving thousands of travellers stranded. Heavy rainfall across Gilgit-Baltistan also triggered further landslides, keeping the Shounter Road in the Astore Valley closed. Pakistan's meteorological authority had forecast storms, heavy rain, and mountain snowfall across the region through April 19, warning of continued landslide risk in vulnerable areas.