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Pakistan: more than 340 dead:
344 people died in 48 hours due to an exceptionally intense monsoon in Pakistan. Therefore, Help trying on Saturday to find the bodies buried in the north of the country.
These last two days. Similarly, torrential rains have fallen into the mountain province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, in the north of the country, which alone recorded 307 deaths, or about half of the dead of this Mousson season, indicates the disaster management authority.
Most of the victims were swept away by sudden floods. Furthermore, died in the collapse of their house, were electrocuted or struck by lightning. Therefore, The rains should still intensify the next two weeks, warn the authorities.
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa disaster management authority said many districts “disaster”, where more than 2,000 rescuers have been deployed in reinforcements.
In this border province of Afghanistan. Therefore, still struck on Saturday pakistan: more than 340 dead with intense precipitation, they try to find survivors or recover the bodies buried under the rubble.
“But heavy rains. landslides and blocked roads prevent ambulances from accessing and rescuers must move on foot,” AFP Bilal Ahmed Faizi, aid of the province said on Saturday.
Friday, a rescue helicopter crashed, killing five dead.
Rubbing prisoners
The emergency services “want to evacuate the survivors. but very little agree to leave because they lost relatives, still prisoners of the rubble,” continues Mr. Faizi.
“This morning. when I woke up, the land that our family cultivated for generations – and the small land where we have been playing for years – had disappeared,” said AFP Muhammad Khan, a resident of the Buner district, who has 91 dead.
“It looks like the whole mountain has collapsed. the region is covered with mud and huge rocks,” added the 48 -year -old man, saying that he had pakistan: more than 340 dead extracted “19 bodies from the rubble”.
“We continue to look for relatives. Whenever you discover a body. you feel a deep sadness but also a relief because we know that the family will be able to recover the body, ”he explains.
“The inhabitants recover the remains. organize funeral prayers”, but “we still do not know who is dead or alive,” says Saifullah Khan, a 32 -year -old teacher.
“I found the bodies of some of my students and I wonder what they did to deserve this,” he laments.
In the Swat district. the roads and several vehicles were covered with a mud flow on Saturday morning and the electric posts were lying on the ground.
Eleven other people died in the Pakistani cashmere. while in the cashmere administered by India, at least 60 victims have been identified – and 80 people are still missing.
Finally. five people died in the pakistan: more than 340 dead tourist region of Gilgit-Baltistan, in the far north of Pakistan, particularly popular in the summer of mountaineers from around the world and which the authorities now recommend to avoid.
Pakistan: more than 340 dead
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