PWSHAWAR (Kashmir English): At least 12 people have died and 18 others have been injured in rain and flood-related incidents across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) during the past two days, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said.
The authority said heavy rains and flash floods also damaged 18 houses in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Of these, 15 houses sustained partial damage, while three houses were completely destroyed.
According to the PDMA, losses were reported in Peshawar, Nowshera, Khyber, Mardan and Buner.
Incidents were also reported in Bajaur, Chitral, Lower Dir, Hazara Division, Kurram and North Waziristan.
According to the PDMA, district administrations in the affected areas had been directed to ensure the prompt provision of relief supplies to victims impacted by the recent weather-related incidents.
NDMA rain and flood alert
Separately, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) issued a nationwide alert warning of flash floods, urban flooding, landslides and rising river flows across several parts of the country until Friday.
It directed provincial and district authorities to remain on high alert, deploy emergency teams and ensure preventive measures in vulnerable areas amid forecasts of heavy monsoon rains.
The authority warned of flash floods in rivers, local streams and mountain waterways in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), KP, Punjab and northeastern Balochistan.
In GB, districts of Hunza, Shigar and Ghanche face the risk of flash floods in the Shimshal, Hunza, Chapursan, Kilik, Shigar, Shyok and Hushe rivers.
In AJK, water levels are expected to rise dangerously in the Jhelum, Neelum, Poonch and Mahl rivers, as well as in Betar and Bhimber nullahs, Kanshi River and tributaries of the Jhelum and Poonch rivers.
The NDMA warned that flash floods may occur in the Chitral, Kabul, Swat and Panjkora rivers in KP.
Local streams in Khyber, Kurram, Orakzai, Kohat, Bannu, Karak, Hangu, Lakki Marwat, North and South Waziristan, Bajaur, Mohmand, Mansehra, Buner and Swabi are also at risk of flooding.
In Punjab, hill torrents in Dera Ghazi Khan, the Soan River and the Potohar region may witness high water flows. Flooding is also expected in rivers and seasonal streams of northeastern Balochistan.
