Islamabad, July 23 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed and 19 others injured in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province since July 19 due to heavy rains and flash floods, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) statement, local media reported on Thursday. The deaths occurred after house roofs and walls collapsed and people were swept away by flash floods. The deceased comprise eight children, seven men and three women, while the injured include 11 men, four women and fo…
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Islamabad, July 15 (IANS) Eleven people, including women and children, were killed and several others were injured after the roof of a house collapsed during heavy rain in the Lachi tehsil of Kohat district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, local media reported on Wednesday. According to Rescue 1122 officials, the incident took place in the Malagin area when a family gathering was taking place in the house, leaving many people under the rubble, Pakistan-based daily Dawn reported.Rescuers said 15…
Islamabad, March 30 (IANS) At least 17 people, including 14 children, were killed and 56 others were injured after heavy rains caused roof and wall collapse in several areas of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since March 25, according to a Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) report on Monday, local media reported. The highest number of casualties was reported in Bannu, with eight deaths, including seven children and one woman, while 42 others were injured.As many as five people, includ…