ISLAMABAD: Heavy rains, flash floods, landslides and house collapses have killed at least 385 people across Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province since Aug. 15, with Buner district alone accounting for 228 deaths, according to disaster management officials.
Flash floods triggered by cloudbursts in the mountainous northwest have brought destruction since Friday in the worst spell of this year’s monsoon season, which began in late June.
Nationwide, monsoon rains and floods have killed at least 707 people and injured 967 since Jun. 26, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). Most of the deaths have been caused by flash floods, house collapses, landslides, and electrocutions triggered by heavy rains.
“Administrations of affected districts [in KP] have been directed to accelerate relief activities and provide immediate assistance to victims,” the latest report by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) for KP said.
The report added that out of the 385 people killed in the province, 299 were men, 52 women, and 34 children, while 182 people had been injured.
