Four killed in KP, Fata rain-related incidents
PESHAWAR: Four people were killed and 32 suffered injuries in rain-related incidents in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Kurram Agency on Tuesday.
Also, a hailstorm caused severe damages to crops and orchards in the region.
The local police said two people died and six were injured in Swat district in separate natural calamity-related incidents.
Hailstorms damage crops, orchards
Shoaib, of Kahoo area, drowned in a flooded stream of Bishbanr area trying to cross it.
Heavy rain also triggered a landslide, which killed student Imad and injured two people in Gogdara area.
The incident occurred when the three were returning home from the school.
The injured students were shifted to the Saidu Sharif Teaching Hospital.
In another incident, three people were injured in Badar area and a woman in Kabal area when thunderstorms hit them.The torrential rain began across the valley on Monday night and continued intermittently.
Also in the day, two women were killed and eight were injured after a downpour-triggered landslide hit their houses in Derga area of central Kurram Agency.
A house collapsed in Mandori area injuring eight people, including women and children.
The local residents retrieved the injured people and shifted them to the hospital.
They also said a hailstorm damaged crops and orchards in upper and lower tehsils of Kurram Agency.
Several people, including a woman, were injured and some fell unconscious as they’re struck by lightning in Bisham area of Shangla.