A man clears the rubble of his damaged house, collapsed after heavy rains in Bannu. Photo: Reuters
As many as 50 people, including 26 children, lost their lives, while 111 others were injured in rain-related incidents across various districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) since March 25, said Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Sunday.
According to a report issued by the provincial authority today, the fatalities include 26 children, 17 men, and 7 women. “A total of 470 houses have been damaged, of which 409 sustained partial damage, and 61 were completely destroyed,” the PDMA said.
The affected districts include Abbottabad, Kohat, Peshawar, Nowshera, Mansehra, Battagram, Kurram, Dera Ismail Khan, Bannu, Hangu, Swat, Malakand, Dir, Charsadda, Mardan, Shangla, Buner, Upper Kohistan, Lower Kohistan, and Torghar.
The PDMA further stated that rainfall was expected to continue in various parts of the province from April 16 to April 19. The public had been advised to contact the PDMA helpline at 1700 in case of any emergency.
Torrential rain and severe weather wreaked havoc across the country last week, leaving dozens of people dead and disrupting daily life. In K-P, authorities also issued a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) alert for Upper Chitral, Swat, and Upper Kohistan, warning that rising temperatures and continued rainfall could trigger flash floods and landslides.
