More Than 30 Killed In Pakistan’s Flash Floods
MEP: At least 31 people, including eight security officials have been killed in heavy torrential rain in a remote village in northern Pakistan, officials said.
Mosques, several houses and an army post in Ursoon village in the southwest of Chitral district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province faced extensive damage after nonstop rain caused flash floods early on Sunday, Maghfirat Shah, the mayor of Chitral district said.
He added that four women and five children were among the 31 killed.
Monsoon, a rainy season that starts in mid-July and lasts until the end of August, strikes Pakistan hard each year.
According to other source, 17 people are missing in the Village while as many were injured.
Authorities called for helicopters to join the rescue and relief operation because nearby roads had been washed away.
Torrential downpours and flooding killed 81 people and affected almost 300,000 Pakistanis across the country during the rainy season last summer.
