More than 300 people died in Pakistan after two days of heavy rains and floods, authorities said on Saturday (16).
Rescue efforts and blocked road cleaning are underway with the release of emergency funds, they said, adding that heavy rains would continue until August 21.
Tour clouds, sudden floods, rays, landlies and buildings of buildings caused the deadliest period of this year’s monsoon season. At the beginning of Saturday, 307 dead were confirmed, with more missing persons, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mountains and Mountains, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority.
Not only Pakistan, but also parts of the Nepal were harshly hit by heavy rains, floods and other rain -related incidents last week.
The Bunner district, three and a half hours north of the capital of, Islamabad, in normal times, was one of the most affected in the country, with 184 dead and widespread damage to infrastructure, plantations and orchards. A storm of hail, fallen trees and took people and belongings.
People, including
Children, remained trapped in the waters of the flood in some areas of Buner, with 93 bodies recovered.
In another area, Shangla, the collapse of the roof of a building due to causing many of the 34 deaths, said provincial chief secretary Shahab Ali Shah.
He said local authorities were sent to flooded areas to oversee relief operations and evaluate the damage.
Medical camps, he said, were being assembled for the victims of the floods, as well as steps for families who lost their homes to receive prepared meals. Shah said heavy machines would be mobilized to clean and restore roads.
Ishaq give, vice-prime minister and foreign minister, said civil and military teams were conducting rescue and relief operations, while Prime Minister chaired an emergency meeting.
“Our hearts are with families who have lost loved ones, those who were injured and many whose houses and subsistence media were destroyed,” he said in a statement on social networks.
On Friday (15), a rescue helicopter fell due to bad weather, killing the five crew.
