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Arab News
3 days ago
- Climate
- Arab News
Violent Pakistan storms trigger floods, landslides killing 10
Muzaffarabad, Pakistan: At least 10 people were killed and 43 injured as strong winds and thunderstorms triggered flash floods and destroyed homes in central and northern parts of Pakistan, officials said Wednesday. Four women and a man died in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and three in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the State Disaster Management Authority said, while other officials said two died in Punjab. 'One person is still missing,' Haroon Rasheed, a senior government official in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, told AFP, adding that 12 houses and a mosque were destroyed in one village. Storms on Saturday killed at least 14 people and injured over 100 more across the country, which is grappling with increasingly frequent extreme weather events blamed on climate change. Stormy weather is expected to continue in northern and central parts of the country until Saturday, according to the National Disaster Management Authority. Soaring temperatures in April and May are becoming more common in Pakistan, which usually sees summer begin in early June. Temperatures reached near-record levels in April — as high as 46.5 Celsius (116 Fahrenheit) in parts of Punjab. Schools in Punjab and southwestern Balochistan provinces have closed early for summer vacations because of the heat.
Business Recorder
3 days ago
- Climate
- Business Recorder
Violent storms trigger floods, landslides killing 10
MUZAFFARABAD: At least 10 people were killed and 43 injured as strong winds and thunderstorms triggered flash floods and destroyed homes in central and northern parts of country, officials said Wednesday. Four women and a man died in AJK and three in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the State Disaster Management Authority said, while other officials said two died in Punjab. 'One person is still missing,' Haroon Rasheed, a senior government official in Pakistan administered Kashmir told AFP, adding that 12 houses and a mosque were destroyed in one village. Storms on Saturday killed at least 14 people and injured over 100 more across the country, which is grappling with increasingly frequent extreme weather events blamed on climate change. Stormy weather is expected to continue in northern and central parts of the country until Saturday, according to the National Disaster Management Authority. Soaring temperatures in April and May are becoming more common in Pakistan, which usually sees summer begin in early June. Temperatures reached near-record levels in April — as high as 46.5 Celsius (116 Fahrenheit) in parts of Punjab. Schools in Punjab and Balochistan provinces have closed early for summer vacations because of the heat.
Asharq Al-Awsat
3 days ago
- Climate
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Violent Pakistan Storms Trigger Floods, Landslides Killing 10
At least 10 people were killed and 43 injured as strong winds and thunderstorms triggered flash floods and destroyed homes in central and northern parts of Pakistan, officials said Wednesday. Four women and a man died in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and three in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the State Disaster Management Authority said, while other officials said two died in Punjab. "One person is still missing," Haroon Rasheed, a senior government official in Pakistan administered Kashmir told AFP, adding that 12 houses and a mosque were destroyed in one village. Storms on Saturday killed at least 14 people and injured over 100 more across the country, which is grappling with increasingly frequent extreme weather events blamed on climate change. Stormy weather is expected to continue in northern and central parts of the country until Saturday, according to the National Disaster Management Authority. Soaring temperatures in April and May are becoming more common in Pakistan, which usually sees summer begin in early June. Temperatures reached near-record levels in April -- as high as 46.5 Celsius (116 Fahrenheit) in parts of Punjab. Schools in Punjab and southwestern Balochistan provinces have closed early for summer vacations because of the heat.
Mint
3 days ago
- Climate
- Mint
Pakistan: Storms trigger floods, landslides in POK, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; 10 dead
Atleast four women and a man died in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, while three in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa lost their lives after storms hit the region, news agency AFP quoted the State Disaster Management Authority. Apart from this, two people also died in Pakistan's Punjab province. While the majority of the deaths were caused by collapsing walls and roofs, major damages were caused by destructive windstorms that raged across central and northern Pakistan. According to The Dawn, severe rain and windstorms killed seven people in PoK, Punjab, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while over two dozen others sustained injuries. A senior government official in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Haroon Rasheed, added that one person is still missing. He added that 12 houses and a mosque were destroyed in one village. Quoting Rescue 1122, The Dawn mentioned that a passenger van overturned due to rain and dust storm on Ghazi-Lawrencepur Road in Attock, resulting in the death of one passenger. Four children were injured when the wall of their house collapsed in Rehmo village of Attock district following a windstorm. According to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), the extreme conditions may persist through 31 May, with the upper and central Punjab districts including Rawalpindi, Lahore, Gujranwala, and Faisalabad, facing the highest risk. According to the National Disaster Management Authority, as quoted by AFP, the stormy weather is expected to continue in northern and central parts of Pakistan until Saturday. Rising temperatures in April and May are becoming more common in Pakistan. In April, the temperatures reached near-record levels—as high as 46.5 Celsius (116 Fahrenheit) in parts of Punjab. Citing the soaring temperatures, the schools in Punjab and southwestern Balochistan provinces have closed early for summer vacations.
Al Etihad
3 days ago
- Climate
- Al Etihad
Violent Pakistan storms trigger floods, landslides kill 10
28 May 2025 13:34 MUZAFFARABAD (AFP)At least 10 people were killed and 43 injured as strong winds and thunderstorms triggered flash floods and destroyed homes in central and northern parts of Pakistan, officials said women and a man died in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and three in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the State Disaster Management Authority said, while other officials said two died in Punjab.'One person is still missing,' Haroon Rasheed, a senior government official in Pakistan administered Kashmir, told AFP, adding that 12 houses and a mosque were destroyed in one on Saturday killed at least 14 people and injured over 100 more across the country, which is grappling with increasingly frequent extreme weather events blamed on climate weather is expected to continue in northern and central parts of the country until Saturday, according to the National Disaster Management temperatures in April and May are becoming more common in Pakistan, which usually sees summer begin in early reached near-record levels in April -- as high as 46.5 Celsius (116 Fahrenheit) in parts of Punjab. Schools in Punjab and southwestern Balochistan provinces have closed early for summer vacations because of the heat.
