At least 23 people have died in severe floods that have affected 1,018 villages across Punjab over the past week, officials said. As of Friday evening, over 16,000 people have been rescued, they added. CM Bhagwant Mann chaired a meeting to assess the situation in eight severely affected districts, including Gurdaspur, Pathankot, Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur, Ferozepur, and Fazilka.