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52 killed as rains wreak havoc in Pak | A fresh spell of monsoon rains has wreaked
havoc across Pakistan, as at least 52 people have been killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in rain-related
incidents. Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) spokesman Adnan Khan
confirmed the deaths of eight people across the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. He
said that two people each were killed in Tank, Charsadda and Karak, and one each
were killed in Mardan, Mansehra and Dera Ismail Khan. He also said that the PDMA
has declared emergency at all hospitals in the province, and established an emergency
cell that was continuously monitoring the flood flow and providing information
about the relief activities initiated by the authority. Matani police station
confirmed two deaths in the area when the roof of a house collapsed due to heavy
rain. Most public transport remained off the roads in these areas, where people
were seen wading through flooded streets and roads, The Daily Times reports. |
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