More than 160 people killed in Pakistan in heavy rains, flash floods

Disaster bureau says the bulk of deaths happened successful Khyber Pakhtunkhwa successful northwest Pakistan.

The decease toll from dense monsoon rains that person triggered landslides and flash floods crossed bluish Pakistan has risen to astatine slightest 164 people, according to the catastrophe authority.

Most of the deaths, 150, were recorded successful the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa state successful northwestern Pakistan, including 78 radical who died successful the flood-hit Buner district, the National Disaster Management Authority said connected Friday.

Later, a chopper connected a rescue ngo successful the flood-hit state crashed owed to the atrocious weather, sidesplitting the 5 unit members, the authorities said.

Reporting from Islamabad, Al Jazeera’s Kamal Hyder said the chopper was a subject aircraft.

“This was a Pakistani subject chopper that was progressive successful a rescue operation. Helicopters are being utilized to assistance radical successful areas that are hard to access,” helium said.

Hundreds evacuated

Dozens of radical were injured arsenic the deluge destroyed homes successful villages successful Buner, wherever authorities declared a authorities of exigency connected Friday.

Rescuers evacuated 1,300 stranded tourists from the mountainous Mansehra district, which was deed by landslides connected Thursday. At slightest 35 radical were reported missing successful these areas, according to section officials.

Nine much radical were killed successful Pakistan-administered Kashmir portion 5 died successful the bluish Gilgit-Baltistan region, authorities said.

The Meteorological Department issued a dense rainfall alert for the northwest, urging radical to debar “unnecessary vulnerability to susceptible areas”.

Floods successful India-administered Kashmir

The yearly monsoon play brings South Asia 70 to 80 percent of its yearly rainfall, which is captious for agriculture and nutrient information but besides brings destruction.

Landslides and flash floods are communal during the season, which usually begins successful June and eases by the extremity of September.

In India-administered Kashmir, rescuers continued to hunt for survivors nether boulders and debris connected Friday, a time aft abrupt floods triggered by dense rains killed astatine slightest 60 radical and near 200 missing.

Gushing mudslides and floodwaters inundated the colony of Chasoti connected Thursday, washing distant pilgrims who had gathered for luncheon earlier trekking up a elevation to a fashionable spiritual tract successful the 2nd specified catastrophe successful the Himalayas successful a small much than a week.

The Himalayas are prone to floods and landslides, but immoderate scientists said the strength and frequence of these events are expanding owed to clime change.