{"id":66915,"date":"2024-03-03T11:49:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T11:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/more-than-30-killed-in-heavy-rain-in-pakistan\/"},"modified":"2024-03-03T11:49:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T11:49:32","slug":"more-than-30-killed-in-heavy-rain-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/more-than-30-killed-in-heavy-rain-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 30 killed in heavy rain in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PESHAWAR: More than 30 people have died in rain-related incidents in Pakistan during days of heavy downpours, with thousands of schools closed, officials said Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Widespread heavy rain since Thursday has caused severe disruption in some areas of the country, including the closure of all schools in Balochistan province until Thursday.<\/p>\n

Eighteen children were among 26 killed in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province as a result of collapsed buildings.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result of continuous rainfall over the past four days in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a total of 27 individuals have lost their lives,\u201d said Taimur Ali Khan, the spokesperson for the Provincial Disaster Management Authority in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.<\/p>\n

Another person was killed in a landslide and more than 150 houses were also damaged.<\/p>\n

In southern Balochistan province, five people were killed when buildings collapsed on Thursday and Friday, said Jahanzain Khan, head of the disaster management agency.<\/p>\n

Damaged roads, floods and landslides have cut villages off from main towns in Balochistan, while major roads were blocked in Gilgit-Baltistan, local media reported.<\/p>\n

Pakistan\u2019s Meteorological Department anticipates further rainfall and snowfall across the region on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n