July 21, 2021
PESHAWAR: The intermittent rains and flash floods in hilly areas claimed six lives in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while seven persons were injured in different rain related incidents, Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) reported.
It said that during the last 24 to 48 hours two houses in Dir Upper and one each in Karak and Shangla were partially damaged by the rains, adding that PDMA was in constant contact with all district administrations and timely release alerts and warning to all of them regarding rains and flash floods. It said that PDMA control room was working round the clock to deal with any emergency like situation and people can contact PDMA helpline 1,700 in case of any incident.
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July 20, 2021
PESHAWAR: Four people were killed and three others sustained injuries in rain-related incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday.
A boy and his sister died and three others were injured in a wall collapse incident in the Kanda Sirajkhel area in Takht-i-Nusrati tehsil. The children were going home when the wall collapsed during heavy rain.
The personnel of Rescue 1122 and local people retrieved the children from the debris of the wall. The dead boy and his sister were identified as Sudain, 10, and Eman,8. Torrential rains killed two tourists and damaged houses, bridges and roads in Upper Dir.
The two tourists were killed when their car plunged into the Kohistan River at Biyar. They were identified as Salman, son of Shahid, a resident of Peshawar and Sahib, son of Bakht Munir, a resident of Shaikh Maltoon Town in Mardan.