Four people died while a person was injured on Sunday when sudden floods swept the areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Buner, Malakand and Mansehra, according to the Provincial Authority of Disaster Management (PDMA).
At least 22 people have been killed and another 11 have been injured in KP in accidents related to rain, strong winds, sudden floods and landslides since June 25, according to PDMA reports. Heavy rains and sudden floods have wreaked havoc in the province, while 18 people were swept along the Swat River due to a sudden increase in water.
In addition, PDMA warned Friday that the risk of flooding of the explosion of the Glacial Lake (Glof), the sudden release of water and rubble of a glacial lake, has increased in the glacial areas of the province due to the growing temperatures, which in turn has increased the risk of additional floods.
Today’s PDMA report described that five people died in KP, while another was injured due to heavy rains and sudden floods, according to informants of the PDMA in the divisions of Malakand and Hazara.
The PDMA said that three bedrooms in a house in the Teenolo Dheri town of the Buner district collapsed, killing a woman and hurting a man. Separately, in Buner, a temporary bridge pillar in Faizabad Khwar was swept.
In Malakand, a sudden flood caused by heavy rains swept the Council of the HEERO SHAH union, killing three people.
According to Pdma’s report, a woman and two children were swept. The woman and one of the children drowned.
“Rescue 1122 recovered [a] Female body, while two children are still missing, ”reads the report, added that a rescue operation was underway.
Rescue 1122 Then issued an update indicating that one of the children had been rescued.
Meanwhile, Dargai Assistant Commissioner Shahbaz Khan said Dawn.com that a woman and her grandson drowned in the Zor Mandi Nullah while crossed.
“Both bodies were recovered by the 1122 rescue and moved to the Dargai hospital,” he said.
ADDITIONAL DARGAI AC WAHEEDULLAH SAID Dawn.com that there were heavy rains in the Kot mountains and the Hiro Shah Dargai area in the morning.
“The sudden floods occurred in small dry nullahes that originate in the mountains and lead to small currents,” he said. “A nine -year -old was swept by sudden flooding in a small dry Nullah. His grandmother, about 55, tried to save him but was also swept.
The additional AC said that a rescue operation was launched immediately and that the child’s body was recovered from the Limit Pir Kalay Harichan Charsadda/Badraga Malakand, while the woman’s body recovered from the Zormandi Quaidabad area.
AC WAHEEDULLAH also said that it was present in the field and that people discouraged from approaching or crossing the nullahs through ads and the deployment of the tax staff.
In addition, three cows were rescued from sudden floods in the Zormandi area.
“The bodies are being transported to Arang Bajaur and an ambulance of the 1122 rescue was organized,” Waheedullah added.
In Mansehra, the PDMA declared in his report that a 18 -year -old Rawalpindi resident had drowned in a sudden flood in Putwar Halqa Jabba that was caused by heavy rains.
Amir Khadam, rescue spokesman 1122 in Mansehra, said Dawn.com That the young man drowned when he crossed a Nullah in the Mansehra district with his motorcycle on Sunday morning.
“The deceased’s body was recovered from the water from the flood in the Ghotar area and was delivered to his heirs,” Khadam said.
The PDMA added that due to heavy rains, landslides were reported on the Buner Pandriks Union Council and the Tharala area of the Torghar district. Both events caused traffic locks and heavy machinery deployed to clear the roads.
