Heavy monsoon downpours perish 130 lives in Pakistan
Pakistan suffers widespread flooding during the annual monsoon season.
LAHORE (Web Desk) – The death toll in heavy monsoon downpours and flooding in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has exceeded 130 people as more rain is forecast for the coming days.
Most of the deaths were caused due to roof collapse and electrocution.
Six people have died in Lahore while 39 sustained injuries in different areas of Lahore during last 24 hours. Another six people died due to landsliding and roof collapse in Rawalpindi. A 14-year-old boy was swept away in flooded Nullah Lai.
Am ill-fated car plunged into a seasonal nullah killing husband and wife in Keller Syeddan area of Rawat. Another girl died due to roof collapse.
A woman died in Gojar Khan. Six people were killed in Jhelum while another citizen lost his life in in Chakwal city.
A person was electrocuted to death in Hafizabad. In a tragic incident, a Pakistan Army soldier drowned in a flash flood while rescuing residents in Sialkot. Siar Khan was part of a unit which has come from Gujranwala to help the rain-affected people.
Two people died were electrocuted to death in Ghakhar Mandi. Seven people including a 12-year-old boy died while 30 got injured in Sheikhupura.
Five people lost their lives and nine were injured in Faisalabad in different rain-related incidents.
A minor girl died in Narowal while a woman among four people was killed due to roof collapse in Pasrur. Separately, two people including a woman were killed due to roof collapse in Hujra Shah Muqeem. Another woman died in Phool Nagar.
Three people including a woman lost their lives in Mandi Ahamabad and Patoki areas. Authorities fear the death toll may rise as more flooding and rain is forecast for the coming days.
Pakistan s meteorological office issued a severe weather warning for northeast Punjab and Kashmir, saying more intense rain was expected which could trigger flash flooding.
The floods of 2010 were the worst in Pakistan s history, with 1,800 people killed and 21 million affected in what became a major humanitarian crisis.
