Quetta: At least nine people, including women and children, died due to heavy rains in the south-west Pakistan A provincial disaster management agency said on Tuesday that flash floods occurred in several places.
Seven people died as roofs of houses collapsed in torrential rain overnight Quettacapital of the southwest Balochistan Provincethe agency said.
On Tuesday, two bodies washed away in a flood near a dam were found. It was feared that the death toll could be higher as many people are still missing. Rescuers used boats to search for the missing.
Officials say the latest round of torrential rains, which began on Monday and continued on Tuesday, damaged dozens of homes in Balochistan.
Since June, rains have killed 38 people and damaged more than 200 homes across Pakistan, including in Balochistan where, over the weekend, a passenger bus skidded off a road and fell into a deep gorge amid heavy rain. In which 19 people were killed.
Floods caused by seasonal monsoon rains wreak havoc in Pakistan every year, killing dozens.
Seven people died as roofs of houses collapsed in torrential rain overnight Quettacapital of the southwest Balochistan Provincethe agency said.
On Tuesday, two bodies washed away in a flood near a dam were found. It was feared that the death toll could be higher as many people are still missing. Rescuers used boats to search for the missing.
Officials say the latest round of torrential rains, which began on Monday and continued on Tuesday, damaged dozens of homes in Balochistan.
Since June, rains have killed 38 people and damaged more than 200 homes across Pakistan, including in Balochistan where, over the weekend, a passenger bus skidded off a road and fell into a deep gorge amid heavy rain. In which 19 people were killed.
Floods caused by seasonal monsoon rains wreak havoc in Pakistan every year, killing dozens.