KP worst hit as rain lashes several parts of the country

Landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rain across northern Pakistan have killed at least 199 people in the past 24 hours, national and local officials said on Friday.

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Of those killed, 180 were recorded in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where one resident likened the disaster to “doomsday.”

Another nine people were killed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, along with five in the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region, the National Disaster Management Authority said.

Six members of the same family were killed in a cloudburst in Naseerabad Tehsil of Muzaffarabad, the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) said.

Heavy rain in Bagh district caused rivers to overflow, and high levels of flooding occurred in the Bhimber drain in Samahni, which swept away a tourist vehicle. However, all the people were rescued.

There was also an extraordinary increase in water flow in Jhelum Valley, Samahni, Hattian Bala and Neelum Valley.

In Muzaffarabad and adjoining areas, more than 30 houses, shops and other properties have been either partially or completely destroyed. Authorities also reported that mobile phone services have been suspended in several upper mountainous regions due to damaged infrastructure.