Over 70 killed, 130 injured in floods, rain in 10 days: NDMA

Flash floods and heavy rains resulted in the death of at least 72 people across the country while 130 people sustained injuries in separate incidents during the last 10 days this monsoon season, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) stated in its latest data.

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The statistics showed the increasing number of fatalities from June 26 to July 6, with the highest number of deaths recorded in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

In the last 10 days, KP recorded 28 deaths, followed by 22 in Punjab, 15 in Sindh, seven in Balochistan, and four in Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK).

It included six rain-related deaths in the past 24 hours, including four from KP and two from Sindh, whereas a total of 3 people were injured in separate incidents of flash floods, house collapse, lightning, and drowning.

At least 161 houses were damaged and 91 livestock were swept away in the monsoon spells. During this period, the emergency response agency conducted 19 rescue operations and rescued 233 persons, besides distributing essential items to the affected nationals.

In a separate development, rescue teams were in the final stages of clearing the wreckage of a five-storey building that collapsed in Pakistan's mega city of Karachi killing 27 people, officials said on Sunday.