PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) witnessed another day of deaths and devastation on Saturday as three more people were killed as a result of landslides and floods in Swat while authorities in Nowshera renewed their call for evacuations amid a “very high flood” in the Kabul River.
Meanwhile, a rain emergency remained in place in several areas of the province in the wake of unprecedented rains that pushed most of the country into a crisis.
Today’s developments
Death toll from floods, landslides in Swat reaches 15 as 3 more killed
Evacuations under way in several KP areas amid ‘very high flood’ in Nowshera, where the water level in the Kabul River has risen above 300,000 cusecs
15 tourists reported stranded in Lower Dir
PM Shehbaz reaches Sujawal district in Sindh to review relief and rescue efforts
Army chief to visit flood-hit areas of Sindh today
KP CM to visit flood-affected areas in Swat, Lower Dir today
At present, more than half of Pakistan is under water and millions of people have been rendered homeless as a result of flash flooding generated by abnormal monsoon rains which have entered their eighth spell with no signs of subsiding.
According to the latest estimates, nearly 1,000 people, including 300 children, have lost their lives because of rains and resulting flooding that has impacted nearly 33 million people – almost 15 per cent of the country’s population.
A day after a rain emergency was declared in Swat, the district’s additional deputy commissioner, Abrar Wazir, said on Saturday that landslides and floods had claimed a total of 15 lives in different areas.
On Friday, 12 deaths in the district were linked to rains, floods and related incidents.
