ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): As monsoon showers continue to hit parts of the country, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) reported seven more casualties in Punjab and three in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday, taking the countrywide death toll since June 26 to above 100.
The country has recorded 107 deaths in total during the monsoon rains since June 26, the NDMA data showed.
Monsoon-related deaths
KP recorded the highest number of casualties with 55 deaths, followed by 36 in Punjab, seven in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), six in Balochistan, two in Sindh and one in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB).
According to an NDMA daily situation report, two casualties each were reported from Punjab’s Gujrat and Okara districts while one casualty each was reported from Sargodha, Narowal and Sialkot.
In KP, Hangu registered two deaths and Shangla one. The NDMA specified that the causes behind the casualties were house collapses, electrocutions and drowning.
Moreover, at least 47 people were injured in various districts across Punjab, while three individuals were hurt in KP’s Hangu in the 24-hour period.
Separately, the PMD forecast that a fresh wet spell was likely to commence from July 29 in the upper catchments of all major rivers, as well as Islamabad, upper Punjab, AJK, KP and GB.
