The number of victims of tidal floods in Pakistan is increasing. Missing are over 150 people, while rescuers with extreme conditions are still struggling in the affected areas.
More than 150 people are missing in the northwest of Pakistan as a result of tidal floods, which have already deprived at least 344 people in the country, the authorities there said on Sunday. TASR informs according to AFP.
Thousands of rescuers face heavy rain and wading down their knees in the mud in an effort to find survivors. In the mountainous district of the bury in the provcision of Chajbar Paštúnchwa, at least 150 people are still missing. According to local representatives, they can be trapped under the ruins of their houses, or they are pulled by a flood wave. They also report dozens of missing from the district of Shangl.
Rescue operations are extremely complicated by persistent heavy rain. For example, there is no electricity or mobile signal in the Caura district, as the leading and telephone towers have remained damaged after tidal floods, writes AFP. In the beter, which is the most severely affected area, at least 208 people have lost their lives. The mud deposits were buried in 10 to 12 villages, the provincial rescue services said for the agency. About 2000 rescuers, whose efforts are still arguing, are involved in the rescue of the bodies of victims from under the ruins and rescue operations.
