Islamabad, July 31 (UNI) Heavy rains and the ensuing floods killed at least 10 more people and injured several other while also damaging dozens of houses and infrastructure in various districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dawn reported on Sunday.
According to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), four deaths were reported in Mardan district followed by two in Swabi and one each in Bajaur, Mohmand, Swat and Mansehra districts.
The PDMA further warned that water levels are expected to rise alarmingly in the Kabul River and its tributaries due to the continuing rains on Sunday and Monday threatening public life and property in Nowshera and Charsadda districts.
It also alerted the concerned authorities to the possibility of downpour-induced floods and asked them to act to minimise loss of life and property.
The authority said heavy rains destroyed houses and infrastructure in Khyber, Buner, Swat and other districts of the province.
Meanwhile, three people, including a woman, were killed in roof collapse incidents in Mardan district’s Chakaropul Misriabad area on Saturday, the Rescue 1122 officials said.
The Rescue 1122 workers shifted bodies and the injured to the Mardan Medical Complex.
Also, a teenage boy drowned while swimming in the flooded Muhibanda stream. He was identified as Bilal, 16.
In Charsadda district, a minor girl was killed and five people, including two girls, injured in separate incidents as the continuing widespread rains ravaged houses and other public property. Many areas were inundated as streams overflowed.
Dozens of houses collapsed in Shabqadar tehsil, while rainwater flooded the main bazaar taking goods, motorcycles and cars along. Around industrial units reported damage by flash flood.
The Jendi River burst its banks inundating around 200 houses in Harbela area. Three brothers were injured when the roof of their house collapsed in the area.
Floodwater also swept away standing crops and cattle in Shabqadar.
Mansehra district recorded a child’s death in a roof collapse incident.
Mohammad Sohail, 7, was killed in Argoshal area early on Saturday after being buried under the debris of his house’s roof, which caved in due to heavy rain.
His mother suffered critical injuries and was shifted to a local hospital.
The residents said four houses and a girl school’s building also collapsed, the authorities said.
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