Death toll in catastrophic monsoon rains reaches over 140
Three days of frequent monsoon rains have killed more than 140 people across Punjab.
LAHORE (Dunya News) — The catastrophic rain-related incidents have claimed thirty-three more lives in Lahore on Sunday, Dunya News reported. More than 140 people have been killed due to the three days of heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan. The death toll is expected to rise as the MET authorities have warned that more intense rainfall and floods might hit the country. Majority of the deaths reported across Punjab have been due to roof collapses and electric shocks. Though the rains have stopped after four days, the destruction caused by the heavy rains continues to plague several cities of Punjab. Incessant rains have damaged thousands of houses and a similar incident of roof collapse resulted in the death of a young boy in Hafizabad. Meanwhile, in the Shadiwal town of Gujrat, a man was drowned in a flash flood. Also, in Rawat three men were trapped under the wreck of their collapsed house. Earlier, two deaths were also reported from the growing industrial city of Daska in Punjab province of Pakistan, however, the death toll from the city has now increased to four over the past two days. The monsoon-triggered floods have claimed two lives in both Sialkot and Tehsil Parur which is a subdivision of Sialkot District. However, two of the three people caught in a heavy flash flood in Chawinda town of the tehsil Pasrur of Sialkot District were rescued by the Pakistan Army soldiers. A man was drowned in the flood waves in the tribal district of Khushab.
In Mehran village of Mandi Bahawaudin, two men who identified as Rehmat and Mehmood were drowned in the stormy flood waters. A minor girl was also caught by the heavy flood waves triggered by the monsoon rains in Ahmednagar of Gujranwala. Pakistan Army, however, succeeded in searching for her dead body and handed it over to her family. Five children fell into an uncovered storm drain in Renala Khorad resulting in the death of three while two of them were rescued. Two children were trapped and killed in a house collapse incident in Phool Nagar’s town Bhagyana Kalan. Similarly, in the Kasur city of Punjab, a woman and two men were killed while two were critically injured as their house collapsed following the frequent torrential rains. Meanwhile, the bridge connecting the two rivers of Sohan and Chakwal was destroyed due to the freak flash floods gripping the country for over past four days. Following the bridge collapse, a car fell into the river resulting in the death of five people. Concurrently, a man was drowned into the flood waters of the Jehlam River in the Miani town of Sargoda district.
