ISLAMABAD: At least five people drowned and several others were missing in the wake of flash flooding in the Swat river in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, the KP Rescue 1122 service said on Friday.
The perennial river originates in the high glacial valleys of the Hindu Kush mountains, from where it flows into the Kalam area before forming the spine of the wider Swat valley.
The flash floods resulted from heavy rain, rapidly raising river water to dangerous levels at six different locations across the Swat valley, according to the rescue service.
“Ten people were swept away near Relax Hotel Bypass and the body of one was recovered,” it said in a statement. “Three bodies were retrieved from at Angaro Dheri area.”
“Seven people were stranded at Ghalay, while body of a person was recovered.”
