Pakistan: At least 14 Dead from Floods in the Northwest
Floods in Pakistan, July 2024 Photo: @firehorse249791
July 30, 2024 Hour: 6:46 pm
Rains in Kohat, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, flooded the basement of a house where the family slept,
At least 14 people died, 11 of them from the same family, due to heavy monsoon rains in northwestern Pakistan that caused flash floods, as the authorities said on Tuesday.
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Rains in Kohat, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, flooded the basement of a house where the family slept, said Bilal Faizi, an emergency services spokesman. The bodies of a man, three women, six children and an 11-month-old baby had been recovered. The other three deaths were reported in the districts of Hangu and Bajur, in the same province, he said.
Pakistan has received heavy rains since the beginning of July, which have caused more than 60 deaths and damaged more than 250 houses, Most of them in eastern Punjab and the southwestern province of Baluchistan.
Authorities warned that rains are likely to cause flash floods next week in several parts of the country.
Even so, meteorologists estimated that the country will receive less rain than in 2022, when the showers increased by climate change overflowed rivers and reached a third of the country. The floods killed 1,739 people, displaced 8 million and caused $30 billion in damage in a cash-starved country.
Every year, many cities in Pakistan have problems with the monsoon, which lasts from July to September, causing criticism for poor government planning. The South Asian country is among the most vulnerable to climate change.
Autor: OSG
Fuente: AP
