Islamabad, March 30 – At least 17 people, including 14 children, were killed and 56 others were injured after heavy rains caused roofs and walls to collapse in several areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, since March 25, according to a report by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) released on Monday, local media reported.
The highest number of casualties occurred in Bannu, with eight deaths, including seven children and one woman, while 42 others were injured.
Eight people, including four children, died in Abbottabad, while two fatalities were reported in Kohat, one in North Waziristan, and one woman was killed in Battagram, according to The Express Tribune, a Pakistani daily.
The report states that 11 houses were damaged due to the rain, with five of them in Bannu. Several incidents of roof collapse were reported in Bannu. Specifically, a roof collapsed in Dad Kachlot, killing three children – nine-year-old Asif, six-year-old Umrah, and three-year-old Javeria.
Two people were killed and 39 others were injured in Kotka Ghulam Qadir after the roof of a veranda at a community center collapsed.
Two children were killed in Mama Kheil after a house wall collapsed. A woman was killed after the roof of a room in Shamdi Khel collapsed.
Two children were killed after the roof of a room in Kohat's Gumbat collapsed during heavy rain.
Five people were killed after the roof of a room in Khaitar Hajiya Gali of Havelian tehsil in Abbottabad collapsed.
PDMA officials are continuing to monitor the situation as rescue and relief operations are being conducted across the affected districts. Officials have ordered local administrations in the affected districts to ensure the swift distribution of relief goods, according to The Express Tribune.
Two children were injured in Lakki Marwat after a roof collapsed in Serai Noorung. Rescue teams retrieved them from the debris and rushed them to a hospital.
Two men and two women were injured after a house roof collapsed in Nowshera. Rescue 1122 teams rescued all the injured people and took them to a hospital.