Lahore In many states of India life has been disrupted due to heavy rain, while heavy rains have caused havoc in the neighboring country of Pakistan’s Punjab province. Officials said on Thursday that at least 24 people have died due to heavy rains in Punjab province so far.
According to reports by the news agency Xinhua, rescue officials have told local media that several houses have been completely destroyed due to heavy rains. Most of the people have died due to incidents of roof collapse.
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The report said that four people died and five others were injured when the roof of an old house collapsed in Harbanspura area of Lahore. At the same time, in another incident in Sheikhupura district, 9 members of the family were buried under the rubble due to falling roof of a house.
Fear of floods in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Officials said that a woman and her four children lost their lives in Mandi Bahauddin District after a roof collapsed. At the same time, three laborers died due to landslides in a coal mine due to heavy rains in Chakwal district.
Apart from this, three people died in different incidents of lightning and roof collapse due to rain in Faisalabad District. Explain that in the beginning of this week, Pakistan’s Meteorological Department said that there is a possibility of heavy rain in the country during the next three to four days.
After the possibility of heavy rains for three to four consecutive days in Punjab province, it has been declared flood in many districts of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.
More than 80 people have been killed so far
Let us tell you that in the first week of this month in Pakistan, there was heavy rainfall in many cities. At least 58 people lost their lives due to heavy rain in Pakistan for three consecutive days.
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The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) had said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province was the worst affected due to the floods caused by rain. 19 people died in this area. 12 more people have died in Sindh. According to NDMA, 10 people have died in Gilgit Baltistan, 8-8 in Punjab-Balochistan and one in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
158 houses have been completely destroyed due to rain and floods all over Pakistan. 128 houses have been partially damaged. Explain that more than 80 people have lost their lives due to rain and floods in Pakistan this month.