In Pakistan, the results of the torrential rains rises to 344 dead in forty-eight hours

The toll keeps getting worse over the hours in northern Pakistan. In addition, hit by a monsoon “Unusually” intense, according to the pakistan, results torrential rains rises authorities. Meanwhile, According to the latest assessment. Consequently, broadcast on Saturday August 16 by the disaster management authority, 344 people died in forty-eight hours, while help always try to find the bodies buried.

In the past two days. the deadliest torrential rains have taken place in various districts in the mountain province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in the north of the country, which alone recorded 324 dead, said the disaster management authority.

In this border province of Afghanistan. still struck by intense precipitation, more than 2,000 rescuers are mobilized to try to find survivors, or recover the bodies buried under the rubble, said on Saturday at the France-Presse Bilal Ahmed Faizi, spokesperson for the province.

“A sudden flood” – Pakistan, results torrential rains rises

“Strong rains. landslides and blocked roads hinder access to ambulances, and rescuers must move on foot”added Mr. Faizi. Help “Try to evacuate the survivors. but very little agree to leave, because they have lost relatives, still prisoners of the rubble”he continues.

Friday. “Between 9 and 10 am, a violent thunderstorm broke out, causing a sudden flood”testifies to the agency France-Presse Abdul Khan, a resident of the Buner district, which has 91 dead. “The children played outside. the women were inside the houses, they have all been swept away pakistan, results torrential rains rises and still now many people lie under the debris, we are looking for them downstream”he adds.

In its village covered with mud. rocks, a dozen rescuers, equipped with three excavators, and residents tirelessly cleared, mostly by hand. They hope to find survivors, or, failing that, recover the bodies buried under the rubble.

The infrastructure implicated

Eleven other people have died in the Pakistani cashmere. and five in the Gilgit-Baltistan tourism region, in the far north of the country, particularly popular with mountaineers from around the world, but which the authorities now recommend to avoid.

In addition, a helicopter from the rescue on Friday crashed, causing five additional dead. The cashmere administered by India is also affected by these torrential rains. with at least 60 victims identified in a Himalayan village – while 80 other people are still missing.

Most of the victims were swept away by sudden floods. Others have been victims of the collapse of their house or have been electrocuted. For Syed Muhammad Tayyab Shah. of the pakistan, results torrential rains rises national disaster management authority, “More than half of the victims died because of the poor quality of the structures”. In total. since the start of this summer monsoon, qualified “ unusually “ Intense by the authorities, 657 people, including a hundred children, were killed, and 888, injured.