Monsoon Rains Shower Northern Pakistan
(MENAFN) At least 13 individuals lost their lives and dozens more were wounded as a new wave of monsoon showers caused sudden flash floods and landslides in northern Pakistan on Sunday.
This recent surge has pushed the overall death toll to over 460 in under two weeks, according to officials and local media reports.
The latest fatalities emerged from various districts in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, which remains the region most severely affected by the continuous monsoon rains, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) confirmed.
Within the last 24 hours, at least eight deaths were recorded in Dera Ismail Khan, while three children died when the roof of their house caved in within the remote Dir district near the Afghanistan border, according to rescue personnel.
In Dera Ismail Khan alone, approximately 40 people were injured as heavy rainfall accompanied by strong winds battered the area.
The PDMA’s most recent data shows that since August 15, around 406 fatalities have been reported throughout KP province.
Of those, 337 deaths occurred in the Buner district, which suffered the greatest damage from the intense rains and flooding.
Additionally, over 60 people have perished in the southern Sindh and southwestern Balochistan provinces, as well as in northern Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
On Sunday, fresh downpours also affected parts of Gilgit-Baltistan, causing landslides and road blockages in the region.
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