Flash floods and roof collapses over previous 36 hours have claimed 19 lives, rising complete toll to 32, authorities say.
Heavy rain and flash flooding throughout Pakistan have killed 32 individuals for the reason that begin of the monsoon season earlier this week, based on the catastrophe administration officers.
Flash floods and roof collapses over the previous 36 hours have claimed the lives of 19 individuals, eight of them kids, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial catastrophe administration authority stated in a press release on Saturday.
Of the full deaths, 13 have been reported within the Swat Valley.
Not less than 13 individuals have been killed within the japanese province of Punjab since Wednesday, the world’s catastrophe administration authority stated.
Eight of the deaths have been kids, who died when partitions and roofs collapsed throughout heavy rain.
Flash flood threat stays
Flooding in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has additionally broken 56 homes, six of which have been destroyed, the catastrophe authority stated.
The nationwide meteorological service warned that the danger of heavy rain and potential flash floods will stay excessive till at the least Tuesday.
Final month, at the least 32 individuals have been killed in extreme storms within the South Asian nation, which skilled a number of excessive climate occasions within the spring, together with robust hailstorms.
Pakistan is without doubt one of the world’s most weak nations to the consequences of local weather change, and its 240 million inhabitants are going through excessive climate occasions with rising frequency.
