Two more killed in rain-related incidents

PDMA says death toll now 28; 255 houses partially damaged

PESHAWAR: At least two minors were killed on Monday as a spell of torrential rain continued on Monday. As a result, the death toll from rain-related incidents in the province over the past week climbed to 28.

The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Monday said that at least 28 people have been killed and 65 injured during the recent catastrophic rain spell.

Apart from the human casualties, some 67 cattle are also reported to have been killed in different rain-related incidents across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P).

Rains also caused partial damage to at least 255 houses while 27 were completely devastated, the officials said.

Fresh casualties

Locals told The Express Tribune on Monday that the roof of a house collapsed in the Barkalay neighbourhood of Khal tehsil in Upper Dir district on Monday, killing two minors.

The victims’ father, Asghar, said that his children, including six-year-old Danish and two-year-old Aiza, were sleeping in their room when its roof caved in.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 10^th, 2020.