Six die in rain-related incidents across K-P

At least six people were killed in rain-related incidents in different parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on Sunday.

Three people died and 15 suffered injuries when a passenger coach slipped due to heavy rainfall and low visibility and plunged into a ravine in the Kabal area of Swat.

Rescue 1122 said that the coach was on its way to Mingora when the incident happened. As a result four passengers were killed on the spot. Around 15 people were rescued in injured condition who were shifted to Kalab Civil Hospital and later taken to Saidu Sharif Hospital.

Similarly, a woman was killed when the roof of a house caved in suddenly in the same area after a landslide in the Miandam area. Her son survived miraculously.

Last night a child was killed in a similar roof collapse incident in Swat.

Similarly, a boy was killed in Nowshera district on Saturday when hit by lightning. The incident took place in the Rashakai locality of Nowshera. The victim had been identified as Farhan, 14. He was on his way home after a cricket match when the lighting struck him.

In Khyber district a child was injured in yet another roof collapse incident. Police said that the house collapsed during torrential rains and household items worth millions of rupees were destroyed too as a result.

On the other hand, a huge hailstorm hit the Bajaur tribal district on Sunday evening. As a result standing crops, fruit orchards and trees were damaged.

Poultry and heads of cattle were killed which inflicted losses worth millions of rupees on farmers and local residents.

“Around 70 per cent standing crops and fruit trees have been destroyed by the hailstorm which was followed by heavy rain in Salarzai, Mamond, Nawagai, Khar and Barang tehsils of Bajaur,” local farmers told The Express Tribune.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 8^th, 2023.