Staff reporter, Daily Dawn, Dawn TV report
Peshawar: Regarding the details of the damage caused by cloudburst, rains and flash floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the PDMA says that the death toll in the province has exceeded 267.
According to the PDMA, the highest damage was caused in Buner district, more than 12 villages of Buner were severely affected by the cloudburst, where the death toll has reached 157.
According to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority, more than 60 people were injured due to rain, cloudburst and flash flood. Buner, Bajaur, Mansehra and Battagram have been declared disaster-hit districts.
According to the PDMA, the number of rescue teams has been further increased in the affected districts. Relief activities are ongoing, and provincial helicopters are also being used.
Several people were swept away by a cloudburst in the Battagram area of Mansehra district late last night.
According to the police, several houses were destroyed in the area and a large number of livestock were also swept away in the flood, for which search work is underway.
According to the PDMA, the accidents occurred in Swat, Buner, Bajaur, Torghar, Mansehra, Shangla and Battagram. A total of 30 houses were damaged due to the rains, 25 houses were partially destroyed, while 5 houses were destroyed.
The most affected districts are Bajaur and Battagram, where rescue operations are underway.
The PDMA says that heavy rains are likely to continue intermittently in KP until August 21.
In Gilgit-Baltistan, flash floods have caused devastation in various valleys, killing 10 people. Several people were swept away in the Uchhar drain of Chilas, many took shelter on tree trunks, crops, houses, gardens, communication bridges, and water channels were destroyed.
The central power plant, Naltar station, was destroyed due to the flood, and the city was plunged into darkness due to the shutdown of the power station.
A spokesperson for the Gilgit-Baltistan government says that the restoration of flood-affected roads is underway, and relief operations are underway in the flood-affected areas.
Erosion is continuing on both sides of the Hassanabad drain due to the melting of the Sheshpar glacier in Hunza.
The administration has given notice to evacuate the houses.
In the Neelum Valley of Azad Kashmir, flash floods swept away 6 communication bridges built on the river, killing 11 people in various accidents.
The Ratti Gali road was washed away in different places due to a cloudburst, and several tourists are stranded at the Ratti Gali base camp.
Three communication bridges were washed away on Neelum and Lawat Nallah, the Kohala highway connecting Azad Kashmir with Rawalpindi is closed due to landslides, more than 30 houses, shops and other properties were destroyed at various places.
Tourists have been prevented from returning due to bad weather.
According to Azad Kashmir Information Minister Mazhar Saeed, more than 500 tourists are stranded in the tourist spot Rati Gali, and all tourists are safe.
Several communication roads are closed due to landslides in Ath Muqam, while traffic on Neelum Highway is affected.
It should be noted that the electricity and phone systems in the upper areas are also affected.
Given the rain and landslides, all government and private schools in the affected districts will remain closed today and tomorrow.
People are being rescued by helicopter in Bajaur, ration and medicine are also being supplied by helicopter.
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