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, in line with 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 mentioned in a press release on Saturday.
Of the entire deaths, 13 had been reported within the Swat Valley.
At the least 13 individuals have been killed within the jap province of Punjab since Wednesday, the realm’s catastrophe administration authority mentioned.
Eight of the deaths had been kids, who died when partitions and roofs collapsed throughout heavy rain.
Flash flood danger stays
Flooding in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has additionally broken 56 homes, six of which had been destroyed, the catastrophe authority mentioned.
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 had been killed in extreme storms within the South Asian nation, which skilled a number of excessive climate occasions within the spring, together with sturdy hailstorms.
Pakistan is among the world’s most susceptible nations to the results of local weather change, and its 240 million inhabitants are going through excessive climate occasions with rising frequency.
