Lahore/peshawar:
Lahore/peshawar
In one of the most punishing spells of the ongoing monzonic fury, thunderstorms, sudden floods and high-speed winds left at least nine dead people and 62 wounds only in Punjab, while six more perished in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa as they continue to increase, officials confirmed on Monday.
As the dark clouds started the skies and unleashed torrential downpours, the entire neighborhoods were submerged, the roofs collapsed as card houses, while the rays crossed the skies with mortal precision.
In the last 24 hours, the monsoon became tragic, claiming at least nine lives only in Punjab and wounding more than 60 years, while chaos extended from Rawalpindi to Rajanpur and beyond.
Meanwhile, the national number of incidents related to the monsoon since the end of June has risen to 111, according to government data, with children representing almost half of the deaths.
The brutal rain period abused several parts of the country with relentless force, paralyzing infrastructure, flooding low areas and eliminating electricity networks.
In Lahore, a 20 -year -old pheisal was killed when the roof of his house collapsed, leaving four other injured. In the area of Jagiyan de Manga Mandi, another roof yielded, hurting two children: Rabia, 12, and Shehbaz, eight years old.
Early in the day, Calamity hit a nearby town when a roof gave up, catching residents under the rubble. Two children were miraculously rescued from the debris and ran to the THQ hospital.
In Mohra Sharif, close, another roof made of iron T collapsed under the weight of stagnant rainwater, leaving four to five more injured people.
In Rawalpindi, the tragedy hit the M2 highway near Chakri’s exchange when a passenger bus slid on a rain road and overturned. Four people, including Samina, 50, died in the spot, while another 22 were injured.
The injured were taken to DHQ Chakwal, DHQ Rawalpindi and Pims Hospital. The other deceased has not yet been identified.
In Naeemabad de Okara, Lightning the life of two teenagers, Anam, 16, was charged, 17 years old, in a flash of the wrath of nature. A third teenager, a 17 -year -old Shanza, was seriously injured.
Okara also saw multiple injuries in the Dipalpur and surrounding areas, where the fragile fabrics and limit walls collapsed in the downpour.
In another part of Punjab, Minchinabad Tehsil of Bahawalnagar was grabbed by the pain when the ceiling of a Madrassa gave in Basti Rasheed Kot in Pakpattan Road.
Two children died instantly while another 14 were injured; 12 of them were taken to THQ MINCHINABAD. In the villages of Arifwala 161-Eb and 147-Eb, the houses fell down, wounding two residents.
In Basti Sithari of Muzaffarh, a collapse wall left one injured, while a roof of the hotel ceded at Chowk Sarwar Shaheed near Kot Addu.
Meanwhile, in another traffic accident incident, the Indo road in Rajanpur slid, hurting another, and two more were injured in Chak 137/9l in Sahiwal when a roof with wooden frame fell.
Rescue spokesman 1122 Farooq Ahmad confirmed that Punjab only registered at least nine deaths and 62 injuries due to intense rain and winds strolled since Monday morning.
Meanwhile, Khyber’s disaster management authority -Pakhtunkhwa (PDMA) reported six deaths: a man, a woman and four children, in districts such as Khyber, Malakand, Kohat and Bajaur.
A child was injured. The PDMA said that sudden floods also caused partial damage to at least three houses. Help efforts are ongoing.
In total, since the beginning of the monsoon season at the end of June, at least 111 people, including 53 children, have lost their lives, sudden floods, construction collapses and rays, according to the National Authority for Disaster Management (NDMA).
However, the heavens do not show signs of mercy yet, since according to the Pakistan Department of Meteorology, heavy rains are expected very strong accompanied by thunderstorms and rays from 14 to July to 17 through Punjab, KP, Gilgit-Baltist and Kashmir.
Warnings for landslides in regions of Murree, Garyat, Mansehra, Swat and Northern Mountain have also been issued. Urban flood remains a pressing threat in densely populated areas, where storm drains are already drowning.
In compliance with the orders of Prime Minister Punjab, the general director of PDMA, Irfan Ali Kathia, said that all the commissioners and commissioners attached throughout the province have been put on maximum alert. The municipal and emergency response departments have received instructions to execute their contingency plans.
Citizens have been urged to avoid unnecessary trips, get away from electrical posts and stay away from vulnerable structures.
Tourists have been asked to differ travel to the hills. For any emergency, people who communicate with Rescue 1122 or the PDMA help line are advised in 1700.
