Torrential rains and flash floods have claimed 39 lives in several areas of Pakistan with its financial hub Karachi pounded by heavy showers that submerged roads and underpasses, paralysed business activities and brought normal life to a complete halt.
At least 16 people, including a woman and two children, were killed and eight others injured due to flash floods caused by torrential rains in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) district, a disaster management official said on Friday.
Eight people died in Upper Kohistan district, six in Swat and two in Shangla district of the province due to the floods on Thursday night, an official of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said, adding that 40 houses were damaged in these areas.
The flood water inundated houses in Shahgram and Teerat area of Swat district from where six deaths and injuries to eight people were reported.