Pakistan lethal monsoon rains declare 55 lives, together with eight youngsters | World News

Pakistan lethal monsoon rains declare 55 lives, together with eight youngsters | World News [ad_1]

AP | | Posted by Nisha Anand

The loss of life toll from two weeks of monsoon rains rose to no less than 55 on Thursday after 12 folks, together with eight youngsters, died in weather-related incidents in Pakistan amid fears of flash floods, authorities mentioned.

Passengers wade by means of a flooded bus terminal brought on by heavy monsoon rainfall in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday.(AP)

The japanese metropolis of Lahore witnessed a record-breaking downpour yesterday, flooding many streets and disrupting regular life. Since Wednesday, 19 folks have died within the metropolis attributable to collapsing roofs and electrocution, officers mentioned. Pakistan's climate forecast company warned of extra rain to hit the town.

Not less than eight youngsters died when an enormous landslide hit Shangla, a district within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, officers mentioned. Rescuers had been making an attempt to take away a big mud pile for concern that different lacking youngsters had been buried beneath.

Heavy rain additionally continued to lash the impoverished nation, overflowing the principle rivers within the Punjab province, Jhelum and Chenab, prompting the catastrophe administration company to be on excessive alert for concern of flash floods.

The rains have returned to Pakistan a 12 months after the climate-induced downpour swelled rivers and inundated at one level one-third of Pakistan, killing 1,739 folks. The floods additionally brought about $30 billion in harm in cash-strapped Pakistan in 2022.

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