QUETTA/DI KHAN:
Rain – that’s kicked off before their scheduled season of monsoon – to have caused destruction in various parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, sweeping away bridges, wrecking roads and destruction homes as well as agricultural crops, except killing people and several injured, the provincial disaster management authorities (PDMA) said.
Two people died as a result of the rains, according to a KP Disaster Management Authority report. people and three injured in in last 24 hours.
Report added that 13 houses were partially damaged and four livestock died.
Loss of life and damage property happened mostly in Dera Ismail Khan area.
KP PPDM director general instructed the authorities concerned to begin emergency relief operations in affected areas.
heavy rains in Dera Ismail Khan and its suburbs have greatly disrupted normal life. Thunderstorms with hail was reported in Paniala, Paharpur and surrounding areas.
The rains uprooted trees and badly damaged gardens.
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motor vehicle was caught in a flood near Wanda Hebaty and its occupant was swept away in rally. Losses worth millions of Rs. has been reported due to ingress of rainwater homes as well as shops.
The fall of trees are crumbling of roofs and walls and various other rain-related accidents caused dozens injured of people.
Electricity system was in mess and power can’t be restored even after a whole day in many areas.
The Babusar road, which was temporarily closed due to heavy rains and snowfalls, has been reopened to all modes of transport. of traffic like weather terms improved.
Previously in In the morning, the administration of the Diamer district stopped traffic on Babusar Peak due to snowfall and heavy weather terms.
Diamer Deputy Commissioner Fayyaz Ahmed was in charge of the tourist police and a local volunteer. force to be on tourist assistance and amenities notification on Babusar road.
According to Balochistan’s PDMA, the road connecting Sonari area of the Kohlu area in Quetta province was washed away by flooding and several bridges were damaged.
The floods were also demolished electric poles in Kohlu and rain in Barkhan damaged crops.
PDMA said many parts of the province continued to lash the rains, with heavy rains in Sibi, Kohlu, Ziarat, Quetta, Chaman, Harnai, Loralai, Sherani, Musa Khel, Barkhan and Zhob.
Thunderstorms and gusty winds reported in Sibi, Kohlu, Ziarat, Quetta, Harnai, Loralai, Sherani, Musahel, Barkhan, Zhob, Kalat and Khuzdar, these are added.
In Sibi, PDMA added four women and a man died when the flood washed away truck on Sunday.
According to Lewis, the tragedy occurred place when truck tried to cross the river Bezha, despite severe flooding.
Citing the Met Office, the PDMA statement says that current spelling of pre-monsoon rains in Balochistan was expected to last until Wednesday (today).
Rains with Strong winds and thunderstorms expected in KP, Central Punjab, Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir on Wednesday.
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weather will remain hot and dry in other parts of country. According to the Hydrometeorological Center, landslides are expected. in KP, Galat, Kashmir and UK due to heavy rains. Extreme Levels of flood danger we announced in All parts of Peshawar, Mardan, Nowshera, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Gujranwala and Lahore. Weak infrastructure in GB is in risk of damage.
In a statement released on On Tuesday, Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman said large parts of of country can face floods in in aftermath of heavy rains in coming days, adding what was “clear risk of flood in Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar, Islamabad, etc. big cities”.
However, the rains filled the reservoirs of country suffering from water famine.
water storage in Tarbela Dam on It was 28,000 acre feet on Tuesday, according to a spokesman for the Pakistan Water and Power Authority (Wapda).
He added that the supply of water in The Mangla and Chashma Dams were 134,000 and 14,000 acre feet respectively.
(According to our correspondents in Islamabad and Chilas)
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