Rain, flash floods kill 71 in northwest Pakistan
5 April 2016 10:43 AM IST5 April 2016 10:43 AM IST
Rains started overnight Saturday and caused flash flooding in several districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Flash floods triggered by torrential rains Sunday killed at least 45 people in northwest Pakistan, officials said.- Pakistani villagers stand on a high vantage point surrounded by flash flooding on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, April 3, 2016. A Pakistani national disaster management official says flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed dozens of people in the country's northwest.
- Pakistani villagers wade across a flooded road after heavy rain on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, April 4, 2016. Flash floods triggered by torrential rains Sunday killed dozens of people in northwest Pakistan, officials said.
- Pakistani villagers wade across a flooded road after heavy rain on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, April 4, 2016. Flash floods triggered by torrential rains that started overnight Saturday killed dozens of people and injured many more in northwest Pakistan, officials said.
- The channel showed damaged houses and submerged streets in the valley and other parts of the northwestern province.
- 'We're left on our own. Nobody from the government is coming to help us' said Habib Khan, a resident of the northern Swat valley, talking to a local TV news channel.
- Residents of scores of villages close to rivers were given warnings to vacate and leave for safer places, Rehman said.
- Flash floods are commonly triggered during South Asia's summer monsoon season. Pre-monsoon rains like the current downpour frequently cause damage in Pakistan particularly in rural villages with minimal infrastructure.
- Another 34 people were admitted to hospitals with injuries, he said.
- Rains started overnight Saturday and caused flash flooding in several districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said a Pakistani national disaster management official, Latif ur Rehman.
Flash floods triggered by torrential rains Sunday killed at least 45 people in northwest Pakistan, officials said.
Rains started overnight Saturday and caused flash flooding in several districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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