Flooding from intense monsoon rains and flash floods swept through northern and other regions of Pakistan, inundating streets and homes and forcing rooftop escapes. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was the worst-hit province, with officials reporting more than 400 deaths there and thousands of houses damaged in Swat with losses estimated in the billions of rupees. Nationwide figures from the National Disaster Management Authority recorded 788 deaths since late June, including 200 children, 117 women and 471 men. Buner district recorded the highest toll, almost 100 people remain missing, and thousands have been displaced while cleanup and evacuations continue.
As flood waters surged through the streets and submerged the houses, Bilawal Jamshed rushed to the rooftop with his family, terrified the water would swallow everyone in Mingora, Swat, in Pakistan's northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Everything happened in seconds, as if a dam had burst and water rushed toward us. We were lucky it was morning and we could escape to the rooftops. Imagine if it had happened at night, says Jamshed, 36, while walking through streets still filled with foul-smelling sludge, as residents and volunteers struggle to clean up more than a week after the devastating floods.
Since the monsoon season began in late June, 788 people have died in heavy rains that have caused flash floods and glacial lake outbursts sweeping away roads, villages, livestock and farmland and resulting in the displacement of thousands of people across Pakistan. According to figures released by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Monday, the deaths include 200 children, 117 women and 471 men. Buner, a district adjacent to Swat, reported the highest death toll, with more than 200 people killed as torrential rains and flash floods wiped out downstream villages.
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