SWABI: A man and his daughter were killed as the roof of their home collapsed due to torrential rain in Topi tehsil, while two others were critically injured, Rescue 1122 officials said on Thursday.

The spokesperson for Rescue 1122 Swabi, Luqman Khan, told Dawn that the family was sleeping when the roof of the house in the Azadkhel area caved in.

He said that the sound alerted the neighbours, who informed the rescue service, adding that locals had begun rescue efforts before the officials arrived on the scene.

The dead were identified as Mohammad Fareeq, 50, and his daughter, 28, while the injured were identified as Fareeq’s wife, 45, and their son Awais, 30.

Khan said the injured and bodies were taken to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital.

Meanwhile, Rescue 1122 said that the teams had responded to multiple building collapses in Swabi due to heavy rainfall.

No casualties were reported when a bank building collapsed, while rescue services shifted two people to a safe location in Jarandu Nahr and evacuated five others from Azamabad Chowki.

In a separate statement, it said that more than 300 people had been evacuated to safer areas amid flash floods and landslides due to the torrential rain.

The Met Office has predicted heavy rainfall with isolated torrential rains in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dir, Chitral, Swat, Kohistan, Malakand, Nowshera, Charsadda, Swabi, Shangla, Battagram, Buner, Kohat, Hangu, Kurram, Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber, Orakzai, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Haripur, Peshawar and Mardan until Aug 21.

It also warned of urban flooding in Swabi’s low-lying areas.

Passengers stranded

Further up north from Swabi, several passengers were stranded on the Bisham-Swat Road on Thursday due to a landslide near the Machar area of Alpuri tehsil.

Alpuri Station House Officer (SHO) Arif Khan told Dawn that the Bisham-Swat Road had been blocked for all kinds of traffic after a landslide hit the Machar area near Alpuri amid heavy rainfall.

It was raining in the area for the second consecutive day, he said, adding that heavy machinery was being employed to clear the road.

Passengers travelling to and from Shangla had been stranded on the blocked road, he said, adding that the road was expected to open for traffic soon.

Additional input from Umar Bacha