Landslide kills two, injures three in Swat

Landslide kills two, injures three in Swat

Pakistan

Houses and schools were washed away as a result of flash flooding

SWAT (Dunya News) - Two people were killed as landsliding hit a house near Swat's Madyan on Sunday, rescuers and police said.

According to the rescue officials, five people were found under the debris of the house in Bahrain that was hit by landsliding.

Two people died on the spot while three injured were shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment.

In the meanwhile, severe flooding was observed in Chitral River and Mastuj River due to torrential rains while many houses were also washed away as a result of flash flooding.

Many restaurants were also inundated at the bank of Chitral River. The landsliding also destroyed many schools, roads, houses and crops in Ghizer district of Gilgit-Baltistan.