International • Created April 5, 2016 05:00

Scores dead as flash floods ravage northwest Pakistan

At least 63 people have been killed and 34 injured after flash floods ravaged parts of northwest Pakistan, including the Pakistan-administered Kashmir.w Homes in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province faced extensive damage after rain started on Saturday causing flash floods. “There are 30 people stranded by a landslide in the Kohistan Valley where we have sent […]

Scores dead as flash floods ravage northwest Pakistan
Scores dead as flash floods ravage northwest Pakistan

At least 63 people have been killed and 34 injured after flash floods ravaged parts of northwest Pakistan, including the Pakistan-administered Kashmir.w
Homes in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province faced extensive damage after rain started on Saturday causing flash floods.
“There are 30 people stranded by a landslide in the Kohistan Valley where we have sent a helicopter to rescue them,” Khyber Pakhtunkhwa disaster management official Yousuf Zia, said.
One of the worst-affected districts was the Swat Valley, northwest of the capital, Islamabad, where 121 mm of rain fell on Sunday, the Meteorological Department said.

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