This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. The floods also caused $30 billion in damage in cash-strapped Pakistan in 2022.Ĭopyright 2023 The Associated Press. The rains have returned to Pakistan a year after the climate-induced downpour swelled rivers and inundated at one point one-third of Pakistan, killing 1,739 people. (Weather station: Ann Arbor Municipal Airport, USA). Heavy rain also continued to lash the impoverished nation, overflowing the main rivers in the Punjab province, Jhelum and Chenab, prompting the disaster management agency to be on high alert for fear of flash floods. Weather Today Weather Hourly 14 Day Forecast Yesterday/Past Weather Climate (Averages) Currently: 73 F. Rescuers were trying to remove a large mud pile for fear that other missing children were buried. Pakistan's weather forecast agency warned of more rain to hit the city.Īt least eight children died when a massive landslide hit Shangla, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, officials said. Since Wednesday, 19 people have died in the city due to collapsing roofs and electrocution, officials said. The eastern city of Lahore witnessed a record-breaking downpour the previous day, flooding many streets and disrupting normal life. LAHORE – The death toll from two weeks of monsoon rains rose to at least 55 on Thursday after 12 people, including eight children, died in weather-related incidents in Pakistan amid fears of flash floods, authorities said.
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