At least 17 people, including 14 children, lost their lives, and 56 others were injured due to heavy rains leading to roof and wall collapses in various areas of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since March 25. The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) report highlighted the devastating impact of the natural disaster, with the highest number of casualties recorded in Bannu, where eight individuals, including seven children and one woman, perished, while 42 others sustained injuries.
The tragic incidents extended to other regions, with five individuals, including four children, succumbing to the calamity in Abbottabad, and two fatalities reported in Kohat, one in North Waziristan, and one woman losing her life in Battagram, as detailed by Pakistani daily The Express Tribune. The report also outlined the destruction caused by the rains, with 11 houses damaged, five of which were in Bannu, where multiple roof collapses occurred, including a heart-wrenching incident in Dad Kachlot that claimed the lives of three children.
The aftermath of the disaster saw further casualties, with two individuals losing their lives and 39 others sustaining injuries in Kotka Ghulam Qadir after a veranda roof collapsed at a community center. Tragedy struck Mama Kheil as two children perished due to a house wall collapse, while another life was lost in Shamdi Khel when a room’s roof caved in. The impact of the heavy rain was evident in Kohat as well, where two children tragically lost their lives due to a roof collapse.
The devastation continued in Abbottabad’s Havelian tehsil, where five individuals perished following the collapse of a room’s roof in Khaitar Hajiya Gali. The PDMA officials remain vigilant, overseeing rescue and relief efforts in the affected districts, with local administrations instructed to expedite the distribution of relief supplies. The Express Tribune reported on ongoing rescue operations, including the retrieval of two injured children in Lakki Marwat and the rescue of two men and two women in Nowshera after a house roof collapse.
