KP schools closed on August 19 to 25 due to sudden floods

Peshawar:

All government and private schools in the cold and mountainous regions of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) were closed for a week after cloudburs, heavy rains and sudden floods caused loss of life and important goods in the province, with 341 people killed so far, officials announced on Monday.

The Minister of Education, Faisal Khan Tarakai, confirmed the closure while sharing the official notification on X. “Teaching institutions in cold mountain areas will remain closed from August 19 to 25, so all educational activities will continue at home or online,” he added.

The authorities said that the summer holidays in these high altitude regions normally last a month, from July 1 to 31. Meanwhile, plains schools and the province’s low areas are currently watching the summer holidays until August 31.

The closure is part of the preventive measures to ensure the safety of students in the midst of violent time forecasts and sudden potential floods in the region.

It is relevant to mention that a powerful Cloudburst, accompanied by sudden floods and lightning, struck distant mountainous villages in the Swabi district on Monday, killing at least 25 people and injuring 35 others, officials said.

The most affected areas include Dalori Bala and Sarkoi Payan in the Gadoon Amazai region, where dozens of houses have collapsed under the strength of flood waters. Many residents have been trapped under debris.

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Swabi sub-commissioner, Nasrullah Khan, said: “To Dalori Bala, 20 people died, including women, children and the elderly. The total number of deaths in the region has reached 25 years. At the last report, ten bodies and six injured were recovered. ”

On the other hand, the president and chief executive officer of the national disaster management authority, Lieutenant-General Inam Haider Malik, said that at least 670 people died and that 1,000 others were injured in recent rains, floods and landslides across the country.

Information journalists alongside the Minister of Information Attaullah Tarar and the Minister of Climate Change Musadik Malik, he said that two to three additional monsoon spells were expected, the current fate likely to continue until Friday. He added that the situation should normalize at the end of September.