Torrential rains in KPK destroy houses, crops in Tank

Torrential rains in KPK destroy houses, crops in Tank
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Summary The met office forecast more rainfall in Hazara, Malakand, Peshawar and Kohat division.


PESHAWAR (Dunya News) - Torrential rains in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have managed to destroy what little was left in the province’s Tank district after 2011  devastating floods, locals said.

 

The current monsoon rain spell has left dozens of houses damaged and standing crops on thousands of acres destroyed in Tank.

 

Locals said that the rain water flooded the rain-fed stream and entered Tank city as well as its outskirts. The rain also damaged the Tank-Bannu Road.

 

Flood waters entered Pir Kach, Cheena, Kali, Norang and Girashahbaz areas in the outskirts of the city and damaged dozens of villages.

 

The authority issued a warning and said Kabul River was in middle flood level at Nowshera and 80,000 cusecs of water was passing through the river, according to the report.

 

Tank district is situated in the southern part of the K-P and shares borders with Dera Ismail Khan, Lakki Marwat and South Waziristan.

 

Moreover, the met office forecast more rainfall in Hazara, Malakand, Peshawar and Kohat division.
 

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