Prolonged rain spell claims eight lives in KP

PESHAWAR: The prolonged spell of rain that started Thursday evening has claimed around eight lives in different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa including Peshawar, Lower Dir, Batkhela and Bajaur districts.

Apart from humans, reports about perishing of livestock have also been received from authorities of Rescue 1122 KP.

The deceased include five children, a woman and two men who died because of caving in of roofs of their houses, the official news agency reported.

Three children died in Kandao Mamond when the roof of their house collapsed due to persistent rain. The children died instantly after being buried under the debris and their bodies were extricated by Rescue 1122 staffers.

In Lower Dir district, three persons of a family – husband, wife and daughter – died at Molay Khat area in Talash when landslide fell on their house.

A total of four persons got trapped under the rubble out of whom three died and one is in hospital.

The rescue operation continued amid heavy rain for around three and a half hours after which the trapped persons were extricated from the rubble.

In Batkhela area at village Aladand Dehrai, a woman along with her daughter died due to caving in of the house’s roof. The family of Noor Rehman, his spouse and their three daughters got buried under the debris.

After a rescue operation, Noor Rehman’s wife and five-year-old daughter Mah-e-Noor were found dead, while the remaining family members are hospitalised.