Another day of death and destruction in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Three more people were killed in Swat by landslides and floods on Saturday, and authorities in Nowshera reissued an evacuation order due to a “very high flood” in the Kabul River.
Despite the fact that the majority of the country was devastated by record rains, a rain emergency remained in effect in many parts of the province.
As the flow in the Kabul River surpassed 250,000 cubic meters per second, causing a “very high flood” in the water body, Nowshera Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mir Reza Ozgen reiterated his call for the district’s residents to relocate to safer areas.
More than half of Pakistan is already underwater, and flash flooding caused by unusually heavy monsoon rains—now in their eighth spell and showing no signs of abating—has displaced millions of people.
وزیر اعلی خیبر پختونخوا @IMMahmoodKhan آج سیلاب سے متاثرہ اضلاع سوات اور دیر لوئر کا دورہ کریں گے۔
وزیر اعلی ان اضلاع کے مختلف علاقوں میں سیلاب سے ہونے والے نقصانات اور امدادی کا سرگرمیوں کا جائزہ لیں گے۔وزیر اعلی سیلاب متاثرین سے ملاقات بھی کریں گے۔ #KPFloodReliefOperations pic.twitter.com/kYOUcr5g58— PTI (@PTIofficial) August 27, 2022
According to the most recent estimates, flooding caused by rains that affected nearly 33 million people, or roughly 15% of the country’s population, killed nearly 1,000 people, including 300 children.
According to a tweet from the PTI’s official Twitter account, KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan will also visit flood-affected areas of Swat and Lower Dir today.
He will assess the flood damage and provide an overview of the ongoing relief efforts.
Today’s developments
- Death toll from floods, landslides in Swat reaches 15 as 3 more killed
- Evacuations under way in several KP areas amid ‘very high flood’ in Nowshera, where the water level in the Kabul River has risen above 300,000 cusecs
- 15 tourists reported stranded in Lower Dir
- PM Shehbaz reaches Sujawal district in Sindh to review relief and rescue efforts
- Army chief to visit flood-hit areas of Sindh today
- KP CM to visit flood-affected areas in Swat, Lower Dir today
