{"id":79136,"date":"2024-04-20T20:34:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T20:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/13-new-deaths-take-kp-toll-from-rains-to-59-pdma\/"},"modified":"2024-04-20T20:34:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T20:34:03","slug":"13-new-deaths-take-kp-toll-from-rains-to-59-pdma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/13-new-deaths-take-kp-toll-from-rains-to-59-pdma\/","title":{"rendered":"13 new deaths take KP toll from rains to 59: PDMA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thirteen new deaths from a second spell of heavy rain<\/a> in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa raised the death toll to 59 on Saturday, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA).<\/p>\n

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) had predicted more spells of rain<\/a> across the country on Tuesday, extending until April 22 as \u201canother strong westerly wave\u201d was likely to enter western parts of the country.<\/p>\n

In KP, the PMD had predicted \u201crain-windstorm\/thunderstorm (few heavy, with isolated very heavy falls) with snowfall over high mountains\u201d in areas including Shangla, Buner, Bajaur, Khyber and Peshawar from Wednesday night until April 21.<\/p>\n

The rain, which started on April 12, triggered flash floods in the northern areas of the province and caused landslides and house collapses across KP.<\/p>\n

According to the KP PDMA report issued today, 33 children, 14 men and 12 women are among those killed in rain-related incidents since April 12 with a total of 72 people injured.<\/p>\n

Further, 2,883 houses and 68 schools have been damaged while 309 cattle have perished, according to the report.<\/p>\n

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