Mortal Cloudburst, Swabi floods kill at least 25

BULER:

A powerful Cloudburst, accompanied by sudden floods and lightning, struck Monday morning from mountainous villages far away in the Swabi district, 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.

Deputy Commissioner Swabi, Nasrullah Khan, said: “To Dalori Bala only, 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. ”

In Sarkoi Payan, two women and their children died when their houses collapsed. A woman visiting Faisalabad also died with her child. In Colonel Sher Khan Kalay, a young man named Talha was swept away by the flood.

The disaster has caused many material damage, destroys crops and disturbed electricity and mobile networks. The flood waters and landslides blocked the roads through the Amazai Gadoon region, hampering rescue operations.

Khan said that rescue teams had been deployed on foot where vehicles could not reach. “The Pakistani army sent two helicopters to help evacuations, and local residents joined the rescue efforts,” he added.

The president of Topi Tehsil, Haji Rahim Jadoon, as well as local officials, including the DPO and the AES, rushed to the scene. The floods also affected Dalori Bala, Bada, Kola Gar and the road connecting Marghaz and Zeeda, damage houses, vehicles and cattle.

The authorities warned that the mountainous land and the in progress precipitation continued to present risks, urging residents to remain cautious while the rescue operations continued.

The KP Minister-in-Chief, Ali Amin Gandapur, contacted the commissioner of Mardan and other officials, ordering that the Swabi sub-commissioner to reach the site immediately and to supervise rescue operations.

“All available resources and rescue teams must be precipitated in the area assigned without delay,” Gandapur said in a press release. “The teams of neighboring districts should also be deployed. Emergency measures are necessary to save lives. ”

PDMA confirms 341 KP deaths

On the other hand, the province of disaster management (PDMA) said that heavy rains and sudden floods had caused loss of life and life and goods through KP, with 341 people killed and 178 others injured so far.

Deaths include 292 men, 28 women and 21 children, while wounded include 144 men, 24 women and 10 children, according to figures from the PDMA.

The floods also damaged a total of 420 houses, with 281 partially destroyed and 139 completely demolished. The hardest district is Bunir, which alone recorded 222 dead. Swabi reported 11 deaths and 20 injuries.

The other affected districts include Swat, Bajaur, Manshra, Shangla, Lower Dir, Battagram and the surroundings, said PDMA.

“These extreme meteorological events have seriously had an impact on communities, leaving many displaced people and in an urgent need for help,” said a PDMA official.

The authorities continue to coordinate rescue and rescue operations, deployment of teams in affected areas to help residents and provide essential help.

The villagers fear returning to household houses

Residents of a KP district where devastating floods killed more than 200 people said on Monday that they were too afraid of returning home, while the authorities warned more rain.

“Everyone is afraid. Children are afraid. They cannot sleep, ”said Sahil Khan, a 24 -year -old student. Speaking from a roof in the Biner district, he said that he and 15 other villagers had climbed safe during a new rainy period. “It was like a scenario of the day of the day,” said Khan about the sudden floods triggered by heavy rains and explosions of clouds.

Intense rains have ravaged northern districts, sweeping houses, vehicles and business, said National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). Buner was the most affected area in KP province.

Many villagers have fled to higher land or have sheltered with parents, while makeshift camps were installed by local authorities. The rescuers had trouble moving heavy machines in narrow streets. The markets and houses in Buner were buried up to five feet of mud, which the residents cleared up with shovels. Cars and business was scattered among ruined buildings.

“People are out of their house. They are afraid. They climbed in the mountains, “said Dayar Khan, a 26 -year -old trader.

Rescue work has resumed hours after being suspended due to heavy rains, said regional manager Abid Wazir. “Our priority is now to clean the roads, install bridges and relieve people affected,” he added.

Mortal rains, floods claim that 670 lives across Pakistan

Earlier, the president of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), 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 that will continue until Friday. He added that the situation should normalize at the end of September.

Tarar said that a meeting chaired by the Prime Minister had examined the flood situation and the ongoing rescue operations in KP and GB. He stressed that coordination with provincial governments is effectively completed, the NDMA regularly providing early alert data.

Malik said the most important priority was to save people and move them to safer areas. He added that an assessment of damage will start once the monsoon season is over.

Musadik Malik said total efforts will be made to compensate victims for their losses and urged provincial governments to reinstall people living along rivers and streams in mountainous regions to safer places.

According to the weather published by the National Emergency Operation Center of the NDMA, moderate to strong precipitation are expected in various parts of KP, Punjab and Sindh until August 20.

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The meteorological opinion emphasizes that moderate to strong precipitation is expected in Punjab, in particular in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Siackot, Multan, Bahawalpur and the surrounding areas. In KP, strong precipitation is planned for the Peshawar, Swat, Hazara, Mansehra, Abbottabad and Chitral regions, among others.

In the Sindh, regions like Karachi, Sukkur, Larkana, Hyderabad and Badin should undergo significant precipitation.

In response to the growing crisis, the Ministry of Health, to the request of the NDMA, sent critical supplies, including medicines, tents, covers and drying up, to the regions affected by floods.

The Federal Minister of Health, Mustafa Kamal, said that the ministry is in constant communication with the NDMA and the provincial authorities to ensure the delivery of assistance in timely and effective.