The Balochistan government has issued an emergency alert in the district of Lasbela after flash flooding caused by torrential rains in the area killed at least four people. The government of Balochistan has sought help from the Pakistan Army due to the worsening situation in the district.
According to details, so far the winter rains have wreaked havoc in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Punjab and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, as at least 24 people have been died and several others have been injured, said provincial disaster management authorities (PDMAs) and district administrations.
According to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, at least 14 people, including women and children, died and 13 others were injured in rain-related incidents in the province on Thursday.
The PDMA KPK said that seven children, three women and four men died in separate parts of Malakand and Kohat divisions. The torrential rain, which started on Monday last, also damaged properties, including nine houses, in the districts of the two affected divisions. The incidents occurred in the Upper Dir and Shangla districts of Malakand division while in the Kohat division, areas in Hangu and Kohat districts were affected by the week-long showers that continued to pour all day on Thursday.
In a similar incident in Punjab's Rajanpur area, roof of a house in Rojhan collapsed, killing husband and wife while two people were injured in the incident. In another incident 4 persons including mother and three children were buried under the debris of the house in Multan when the roof of the house collapsed. In district Sheikhupra, two people including husband and wife were buried under the debris of the house, and one person was killed and five others were injured in Gujranwala district when a school building collapsed.
A schoolboy was killed and two others were rescued when a landslide hit them in Muzafarabad district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Pakistan Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rainfall which may trigger landslides in the hilly areas of the country.