29 dead in Pakistan flash flood
2013-02-06 20:09
Peshwar - A Pakistani official says flash floods
following torrential rains in the country's northwest this week have killed 29
people.
A spokesperson for the disaster management authority in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said on Wednesday that most of the casualties died
when their homes collapsed.
Adnan Khan says 75 people were also reported injured in
the floods.
He says the rains, which started on Monday, damaged about
1 400 homes in the province.
Pakistan suffers every year from flash floods caused by
monsoonal rains.
In addition to the flood victims, Khan says three
soldiers are missing following an avalanche in the village of Surgulu Binshahia.
Pakistan suffered the worst in 2010, when floodwaters
inundated one-fifth of the country, killing over 1 700 people.
More than 20 million people were affected at the time.
- AP
