Pakistan floods: 189 deaths in 24 hours in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, helicopter crashes during rescue
According to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), more than 60 people are injured, while many are missing. A helicopter crashed during rescue work in Khyber, killing five people, including two pilots on board.
The most damage has been reported from Khyber's Buner district, where 91 people died. Apart from this, 26 houses, three schools and eight other buildings were destroyed in Swat.
Public prayers were offered by keeping the bodies of those killed in the floods in the Khyber province in the open. When is relief from rain expected?
The PDMA stated that there is a possibility of intermittent heavy rains until August 21. At the same time, the Khyber government has released a relief amount of 50 crore Pakistani rupees for the affected districts.
Apart from this, 9 people died in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and 5 people died in Gilgit-Baltistan due to heavy rains and floods. Helicopters are being used for rescue operations in remote areas, but relief operations are being hampered by bad weather and broken roads.
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