Pakistan flash floods, heavy rain kill 64 in a week: govt
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Islamabad: Flash floods and heavy rain in Pakistan have killed 64 people and injured 117 in a week, a government agency said Wednesday. The highest...
Islamabad: Flash floods and heavy rain in Pakistan have killed 64 people and injured 117 in a week, a government agency said Wednesday.
The highest toll was in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, with 23 dead including 10 children, the National Disaster Management Authority said.
Fourteen of the victims were swept away in a flash flood in the Swat Valley last week, local media reported.
Flash floods and homes collapsing in heavy rain killed 21 others in the eastern province of Punjab, including 11 children, the authority said.
In the southern province of Sindh, 15 were killed, while five people died in southwestern Balochistan.
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